2025 Best Other Botany/Plant Biology Schools

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in other botany/plant biology. It is ranked #1116 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 56 degrees in other botany/plant biology to qualified students.

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• Best Overall Other Botany/Plant Biology Schools List

Other Botany/Plant Biology Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Other Botany/Plant Biology in the United States

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other botany/plant biology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Schools in Other Botany/Plant Biology

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

35.7% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a degree in other botany/plant biology. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a degree in other botany/plant biology from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a degree in other botany/plant biology. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in other botany/plant biology from Northwestern University

Other Botany/Plant Biology by Region

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Region
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Far Western US
Southwest
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Other Botany/Plant Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Botany/Plant Biology area of study, Other Botany/Plant Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Other Botany/Plant Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Botany	445
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	159
Plant Molecular Biology	16
Plant Physiology	7

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.