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Botany/Plant Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Botany/Plant Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

What traits are you looking for in a botany school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's botany program.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received their master's degree in botany.

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

UIUC Botany/Plant Biology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Botany
  • Doctorate Degree in Botany

UIUC Botany/Plant Biology Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in botany, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Botany Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the botany majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Program

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a master's degree in botany from UIUC. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

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Of the students who received a botany master's degree from UIUC, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the botany master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in botany.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Botany Grads May Go Into

A degree in botany can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Biological Science Professors 2,530 $78,400
Natural Sciences Managers 1,950 $118,480
Biological Scientists 590 $84,180

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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