Plant Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #164 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in Virginia to review for the 2025 Best Plant Sciences Schools in Virginia ranking.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Plant Sciences Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of plant sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in plant sciences has to check out Virginia Tech. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the plant sciences program state that they receive average early career wages of $42,861.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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