2025 Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in California

a doctor's degree in botany/plant biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #80 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for botany/plant biology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 doctor's degrees in botany/plant biology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on botany/plant biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of botany/plant biology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt botany/plant biology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized botany/plant biology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for botany/plant biology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Botany/Plant Biology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Botany/Plant Biology in California

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for botany/plant biology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Botany

1

University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

12 Annual Graduates

University of California - Riverside is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in botany/plant biology. UCR is a fairly large public university located in the city of Riverside.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from University of California - Riverside

2

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in botany/plant biology needs to take a look at University of California - Davis. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Davis.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from University of California - Davis

Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	122	13
Oregon	107	4
Hawaii	53	2

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Botany/Plant Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Botany/Plant Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Botany Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Botany	26
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	8

Most Popular Majors Related to Botany

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	186
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	164
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	144
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	114
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	110
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	100
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	63
Pharmacology & Toxicology	61
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	60
Genetics	39

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.