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2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$14,208 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,191 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Botany/Plant Biology School for You

Botany/Plant Biology is the #176 most popular major in California with 36 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 in California ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in California 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Botany/Plant Biology

$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for botany/plant biology students. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,226 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UC Berkeley is ranked #3 for overall quality for botany in California.

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$14,645 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Davis are $14,645 per year.

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$13,754 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Riverside. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCR are $13,754 a year.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at University of California - Riverside Report

Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 22
Oregon 9
Hawaii 14

Botany/Plant Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Botany

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 3 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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