2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Plant Science, General is the 514th most popular major in the country with 685 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 145 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in plant science, general. That schools that top this list have a program in plant science, general in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree plant sciences students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Plant Science, General at Mizzou
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s plant sciences degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Plant Science, General at UMN Twin Cities
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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