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Finding the Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 371 people earned a degree or certificate in botany/plant biology, making the major the #197 most popular in the United States.

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 Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best school in the United States for botany/plant biology students working on their doctor’s degree. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best botany/plant biology schools in the United States. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools 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 The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree botany/plant biology programs. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

With a ranking of #7, Virginia Tech did quite well on this year’s best schools for botany/plant biology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for botany/plant biology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for botany/plant biology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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With a ranking of #10, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on this year’s best schools for botany/plant biology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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One of 14 majors within the area of study, botany/plant biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964

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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