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2023 Most Popular Botany/Plant Biology Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Botany/Plant Biology 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Botany/Plant Biology Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Botany/Plant Biology Colleges.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in Illinois for botany/plant biology students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Northwestern University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Botany/Plant Biology Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Botany/Plant Biology Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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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