When it comes to popularity, plant sciences sits in the middle of the road, ranking #164 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Plant Sciences Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 degrees in plant sciences annually.
The plant sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Plant Sciences Schools in Minnesota.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the plant sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in plant sciences. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.
After graduating, plant sciences degree recipients generally earn an average of $35,216 in their early careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in plant sciences needs to check out University of Minnesota - Crookston. Located in the distant town of Crookston, UMN Crookston is a public university with a small student population.
Degree recipients from the plant sciences degree program at University of Minnesota - Crookston make $13,582 more than the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
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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