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2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plant sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent plant sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the plant sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree plant sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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.

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#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 $48-$75k 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#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 $48-$75k list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #4 spot in our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State also made our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Michigan State is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 2 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056.

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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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