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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in Massachusetts

2 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$36,000 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Botany Major in Massachusetts

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Botany Major in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 3 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Botany Major in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in botany/plant biology. To top this list, a school must have a successful botany/plant biology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Botany Major in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Botany Major in Massachusetts”.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Botany Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 ’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Botany Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampshire College landed the #2 spot on the list. Hampshire is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s botany degrees to qualified students.

Full Hampshire College Botany/Plant Biology Report

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