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2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Plant Sciences is the 162nd most popular major in the country with 3,246 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, plant sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,854 and had an average of $19,711 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 382 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,783 and $18,069 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in plant sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great plant sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the plant sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 5 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Plant Sciences at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant sciences degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Plant Sciences Report

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 5 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

Read more about Plant Sciences at Purdue University - Main Campus

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 17 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ohio State Plant Sciences Report

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

Michigan State also made our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Michigan State

#5 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. SIUC is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Plant Sciences Report

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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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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