2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Genetics

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Plant Genetics is the 1168th most popular major in the country with 21 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 plant genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plant genetics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the plant genetics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree plant genetics students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Genetics

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 2 masters’s plant genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Plant Genetics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UW - Madison Plant Genetics Report

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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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.

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