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2023 Best Plant Sciences Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Plant Sciences Master's Degree School for You

Plant Sciences is the #146 most popular major in the country with 912 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Plant Sciences Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 49 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for plant sciences majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Plant Sciences Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best school in the United States for plant sciences students working on their master’s degree. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Out of the 49 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best plant sciences schools in the United States. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Washington State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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California State University - Fresno ranked #7 on this year’s Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #9, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for plant sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree plant sciences programs. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

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Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Plant Sciences is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Food Science Technology 692
Animal Science 596
Agricultural Economics & Business 410
General Agriculture 353
Agricultural Public Services 179

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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