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Plant Sciences at Auburn University

If you plan to study plant sciences, take a look at what Auburn University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and approximately 30,737 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received their master's degree in plant sciences.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Plant Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Auburn Plant Sciences Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Plant Sciences
  • Doctorate Degree in Plant Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Auburn

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Auburn offers distance education options for plant sciences at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Auburn Plant Sciences Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in plant sciences, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Plant Sciences Student Demographics at Auburn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the plant sciences majors at Auburn University.

Auburn Plant Sciences Master’s Program

39% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students earned a master's degree in plant sciences from Auburn. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men.

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Of the students who received a plant sciences master's degree from Auburn, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the plant sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Auburn University with a master's in plant sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 22
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Plant Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in plant sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors 370 $63,350
Agricultural Sciences Professors 190 $88,820
Conservation Scientists 130 $59,310
Soil and Plant Scientists 50 $63,130
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors 50 $90,520

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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