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2025 Best Botany Bachelor's Degree Schools

14 Colleges in the United States
320 Bachelor's Degrees
Botany is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #481 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 14 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Botany Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 320 bachelor's degrees in botany during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Botany School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Botany Bachelor's Degree Schools Your choice of botany for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality botany program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for botany students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Botany in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in botany.

10 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Botany

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
20 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in botany has to look into University of California - Berkeley. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from University of California - Berkeley

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in botany. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from University of Wisconsin - Madison

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
28 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is a good option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in botany. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from North Carolina State University

4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10 Annual Graduates

University of California - Davis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in botany. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Davis.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from University of California - Davis

5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10 Annual Graduates

UCR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Riverside.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from University of California - Riverside

6
11 Annual Graduates

UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

7
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from Purdue University - Main Campus

8
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
19 Annual Graduates

Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from Miami University - Oxford

9
37 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from Oregon State University

10
10 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in botany from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Botany by Region

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology 13
Other Botany/Plant Biology 10

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