2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the New England Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 685 people earned their degree in plant science, general, making the major the 514th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 19 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region list. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.
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 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UVM Plant Science, General Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 1 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Plant Science, General at University of Maine
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Connecticut Plant Science, General Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #4 spot on the list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant sciences degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read more about Plant Science, General at UMass Amherst
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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