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2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$24,214 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Botany/Plant Biology School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, botany/plant biology was ranked #197 in the country. In fact 371 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Botany/Plant Biology

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wyoming the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for botany/plant biology students. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW undergraduate students pay an average of $16,957 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at University of Wyoming Report

The excellent programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best botany/plant biology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado State are $31,470 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for botany in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best botany/plant biology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3
Utah 0
Idaho 0
Montana 0
Wyoming 4

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

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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