2024 Best Plant Genetics Schools in the Great Lakes Region
2Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
29Plant Genetics Degrees Awarded
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in plant genetics. It is ranked #1186 out of 1506 major degree programs 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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for plant genetics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 degrees in plant genetics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Plant Genetics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Plant Genetics in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the plant genetics degree levels they offer.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in plant genetics. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 plant genetics students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in plant genetics. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 9 plant genetics students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in plant genetics has to look into Michigan State University. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. This university ranks 2nd out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 9 plant genetics students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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