2024 Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in botany/plant biology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #234 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 62 bachelor's degrees in botany/plant biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on botany/plant biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other botany/plant biology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for botany/plant biology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized botany/plant biology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for botany/plant biology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Botany/Plant Biology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Botany/Plant Biology in the Southeast Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for botany/plant biology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Botany

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

42 Annual Graduates

$29,699 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in botany/plant biology needs to check out North Carolina State University. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the botany program state that they receive average early career income of $29,699.

More information about a bachelor’s in botany/plant biology from North Carolina State University

2

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

11 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in botany/plant biology. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens.More information about a bachelor’s in botany/plant biology from University of Georgia

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

9 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in botany/plant biology. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a bachelor’s in botany/plant biology from University of Florida

Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best botany/plant biology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	9
Georgia	224	11
Tennessee	220	0
North Carolina	213	42
Kentucky	187	0
Mississippi	169	0

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Botany/Plant Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Botany/Plant Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Botany Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Botany	62

Most Popular Majors Related to Botany

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	25,193
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	1,812
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	1,763
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	1,693
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	781
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	643
Zoology	254
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	223
Genetics	172
Biotechnology	154

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.