by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking.
Botany/Plant Biology is the 259th most popular major in the country with 691 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southeast region, there were 170 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,699 and $22,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in botany/plant biology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in botany/plant biology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree botany students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at North Carolina State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s botany degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at University of Georgia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at University of Arkansas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
University of Kentucky landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Botany/Plant Biology Report
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