Plant Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #131 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for plant sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 57 bachelor's degrees in plant sciences to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to plant sciences students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other plant sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt plant sciences students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized plant sciences related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for plant sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Plant Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Plant Sciences in the New England Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in plant sciences.
Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Plant Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst is a good choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in plant sciences. Located in the city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the plant sciences program report average early career income of $37,170.
It is difficult to beat University of Vermont if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in plant sciences. UVM is a large public university located in the city of Burlington.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the plant sciences program report average early career wages of $33,221.
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).
