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2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

44 Colleges
$30,964 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,599 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Botany/Plant Biology 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking. This report analyzed 44 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for botany 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 Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools

Our analysis found North Dakota State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for botany/plant biology 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 Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

Out of the 44 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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

UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 44 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

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

UNL also claimed a spot on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

The excellent programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best botany/plant biology schools in the United States. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $43,980 per year.

UC Berkeley excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list.

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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 Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Austin also did well on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY
$16,957 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, University of Wyoming did quite well on this year’s best value schools for botany/plant biology students. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year.

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$29,438 Average Tuition & Fees

Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for botany/plant biology students. It came in at #7 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.

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$22,810 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for botany/plant biology students. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OHIO Athens are $22,810 per year.

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#9

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

With a ranking of #9, Cornell University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for botany/plant biology students. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

Cornell undergraduate students pay an average of $61,015 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cornell also did well on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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With a ranking of #10, North Carolina State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for botany/plant biology students. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NC State are $29,916 a year.

NC State also claimed a spot on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Botany/Plant Biology by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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