2025 Best Botany Schools in the Far Western US Region
7Colleges in the Far Western US Region
126Botany Degrees Awarded
Botany isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #612 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Botany Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 126 degrees in botany annually.
The botany program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Botany rankings. We derive our Best Overall Botany School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Botany Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Botany in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the botany degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat University of California - Berkeley if you want to pursue a degree in botany. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 botany students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in botany has to check out University of California - Davis. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were roughly 23 botany students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in botany has to take a look at University of California - Riverside. UCR is a very large public university located in the city of Riverside. This university ranks 28th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 15 botany students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in botany. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 botany students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were about 21 botany students who graduated with this degree at UH Manoa in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 125th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 37 botany students who graduated with this degree at Humboldt State University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The botany program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Botany rankings. We derive our Best Overall Botany School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
