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2023 Most Popular Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

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

With 27 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, botany/plant biology is the #153 most popular major in Illinois.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Botany/Plant Biology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for botany majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for botany/plant biology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in botany at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular botany/plant biology schools in Illinois. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 3 spot on the list. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 19
Ohio 22
Indiana 14
Wisconsin 10

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

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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