by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 691 people earned their degree in botany/plant biology, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, botany/plant biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,599 and had an average of $22,454 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 28 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in botany/plant biology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in botany/plant biology.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The botany school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree botany students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. University of Wyoming is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 4 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. USU is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 0 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. U of I is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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