2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Illinois, there were 24 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 $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality botany programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The botany school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in Illinois”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree botany students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany in Illinois

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928.

Read full report on Botany at SIUC

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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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