2023 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,500
Avg Cost*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 44 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 8 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region botany students.
Top 8 Most Popular Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Southwest Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified ’s botany students in 2020-2021.
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 2.2% 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 full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Texas A&M University - College Station
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southwest Region. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s botany degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at NMSU Main Campus
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 ’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at OSU
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified ’s botany students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at University of Oklahoma
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified ’s botany students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Austin Botany/Plant Biology Report
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