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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Botany (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$29,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree botany students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Botany (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s botany degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 8 doctorate’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Read more about Botany at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s botany degrees to qualified students.

Michigan State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read more about Botany at Michigan State University

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s botany degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Botany Report

#5 in overall quality

Miami University - Oxford did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school situated in Oxford, Ohio. It awarded 1 doctorate’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford also took the #5 spot in our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Miami University - Oxford Botany Report

#7 in overall quality

Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s botany students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #7 spot in our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Botany at Ohio University - Athens Campus

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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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