2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 California For Those Getting Aid” 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 California, there were 269 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,000 and $19,071 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the plant sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in California (With Aid)

#1

California State University - Fresno

Fresno, California

$17,581 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Fresno landed the #1 spot on the list. Fresno State is a large school located in Fresno, California that handed out 5 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Fresno State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fresno State are $17,581, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Plant Sciences at Fresno State

#2

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. UC Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Davis, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of California - Davis Plant Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences (With Aid)

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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