Plant Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #164 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in Massachusetts to review for the 2025 Best Plant Sciences Schools in Massachusetts ranking.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Plant Sciences Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of plant sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a 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 degree from the plant sciences program report average early career wages of $37,170.
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).
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