2025 Best Plant Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
354Plant Sciences Degrees Awarded
$44,333Avg Early-Career Salary
Plant Sciences isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #164 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Plant Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 354 degrees in plant sciences to qualified students.
The plant sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Plant Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for plant sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Plant Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Plant Sciences in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the plant sciences degree levels they offer.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great decision for students interested in a degree in plant sciences. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 61 plant sciences students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, plant sciences degree recipients typically earn an average of $45,411 at the beginning of their careers.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great option for students pursuing a degree in plant sciences. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus. This university ranks 1st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 44 plant sciences students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year. After graduating, plant sciences degree recipients usually earn about $42,712 in the first five years of their career.
It's difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you wish to pursue a degree in plant sciences. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 plant sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in plant sciences. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 plant sciences students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year. After graduating, plant sciences degree recipients typically make an average of $35,701 at the beginning of their careers.
Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 22 plant sciences students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a fairly small public university located in the town of Wooster.
There were roughly 16 plant sciences students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute in the most recent year we have data available.
UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Platteville. This university ranks 20th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 36 plant sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW - Platteville in the most recent data year. Those plant sciences students who get their degree from University of Wisconsin - Platteville make $3,577 more than the standard plant sciences graduate.
Located in the distant town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 27 plant sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW - River Falls in the most recent year we have data available. Those plant sciences students who get their degree from University of Wisconsin - River Falls make $4,458 more than the standard plant sciences graduate.
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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The plant sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Plant Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for plant sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
