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2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

49 Colleges
$27,524 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,727 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plant Sciences 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Plant Sciences Schools ranking. This report analyzed 49 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for plant sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the United States

Check out the plant sciences programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Plant Sciences Schools

Our analysis found North Dakota State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for plant sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Dakota State University are $14,876 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Dakota State University also is in the top 15% of our Best Plant Sciences Schools ranking.

Full Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

$4,840 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Plant Sciences Schools list. UPR Mayaguez is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mayaguez.

UPR Mayaguez undergraduate students pay an average of $4,840 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 49 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $12,809 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, South Dakota State also is in the top 10% of our Best Plant Sciences Schools ranking.

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The excellent programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best plant sciences schools in the United States. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNL are $26,720 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNL also is in the top 10% of our Best Plant Sciences Schools ranking.

Full Plant Sciences at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

$18,533 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 49 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Fresno landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fresno State are $18,533 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plant sciences students. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Iowa State undergraduate students pay an average of $25,446 in tuition and fees each year.

Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Plant Sciences Schools list.

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$11,208 Average Tuition & Fees

West Texas A&M University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value plant sciences programs. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at West Texas A&M University are $11,208 per year.

Full Plant Sciences at West Texas A&M University Report

University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value plant sciences programs. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $38,608 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UW - Madison is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Plant Sciences Schools list.

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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value plant sciences programs. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station undergraduate students pay an average of $38,855 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also claimed a spot on our Best Plant Sciences Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#10

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools ranking. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cornell are $61,015 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cornell also is in the top 5% of our Best Plant Sciences Schools ranking.

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Plant Sciences by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
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.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lufa Farms.

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