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2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,649 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,579 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plant Sciences School for You

With 40 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, plant sciences is the #174 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for plant sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for plant sciences majors pursuing a .

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Plant Sciences

$6,653 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found California State University - Fresno to be the best value school for plant sciences students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

Fresno State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,653 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$14,645 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in California list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

UC Davis undergraduate students pay an average of $14,645 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Plant Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 18
Oregon 3
Nevada 5

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

Majors Similar to Plant Sciences

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 2 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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