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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
73 Degrees Awarded
$12,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Botany is the 607th most popular major in the country with 476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 122 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in botany. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent botany 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 botany 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 Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 11 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison is $4,367 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Botany at UW - Madison

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s botany degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $6,686 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Michigan State University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Botany at Michigan State

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #4 spot in our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $5,483 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Purdue University - Main Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Purdue Botany Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Oxford, Ohio, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford also made our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Miami University - Oxford is $13,759 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Botany at Miami University - Oxford

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #5 spot on the list. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 11 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Illinois University Carbondale is $13,658 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Botany Report

#8 in overall quality

Kent State University at Kent ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kent State University at Kent is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 4 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kent State University at Kent is $13,915 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Botany at Kent State University at Kent

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #7 spot in our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OHIO Athens is $17,584 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Botany at Ohio University - Athens Campus

#8

Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, Ohio
#6 in overall quality

Ohio Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. Ohio Wesleyan University is a small school located in Delaware, Ohio that handed out 1 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

OWU also made our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio Wesleyan University is $21,679 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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