2023 Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Botany for a Bachelor’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 New England region, there were 27 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Botany for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in botany/plant biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great botany/plant biology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the botany/plant biology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Botany for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Botany for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

21 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Botany for a Bachelor’s. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s botany degrees to qualified students.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 21 of the 11,741 students enrolled at UMaine were GI Bill® students, of which 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maine Veteran Student Life Report

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Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut

10 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$26,686 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Botany for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Connecticut College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New London, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Conn College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 1,737 students enrolled at Conn College were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $26,686. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.