The main focus area for this major is Horticultural Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Plant Sciences is a major offered under the agriculture and agriculture operations program of study at Purdue University - Main Campus. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in plant sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at Purdue paid an average of $948 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $348 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $9,208 | $28,010 |
Fees | $784 | $784 |
Online degrees for the Purdue plant sciences master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Purdue Online Learning page.
About 40.0% of the students who received their MS in plant sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 44.0%.
None of the plant sciences master’s degree recipients at Purdue in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 1 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Plant Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Horticultural Science | 5 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to plant sciences.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Economics & Business | 39 |
Agricultural Public Services | 5 |
Animal Science | 13 |
Food Science Technology | 11 |
Soil Sciences | 11 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.