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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

10 Ranked Colleges
224 Degrees Awarded
$42,469 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Plant Sciences is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,152 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , plant sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,582 and had an average of $17,940 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 337 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,469 and $18,329 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 224 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in plant sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their plant sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 10 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 75 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Panhandle State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma Panhandle State University is a small school located in Goodwell, Oklahoma that handed out 7 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Plant Sciences at Oklahoma Panhandle State University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 17 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full SHSU Plant Sciences Report

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Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 52 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas A&M College Station Plant Sciences Report

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Stephen F Austin State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Plant Sciences at Stephen F Austin State University

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 17 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Plant Sciences at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

With a ranking of #9, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s plant sciences students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at University of Arizona

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Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas

Tarleton State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Tarleton State University

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