2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 476 people earned their degree in botany, making the major the 607th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 16 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Botany at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also made our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Botany at Cornell University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany (With Aid)

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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