2024 Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in botany/plant biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #80 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 59 doctor's degrees in botany/plant biology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Botany/Plant Biology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of botany/plant biology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to botany/plant biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other botany/plant biology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for botany/plant biology to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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 colleges for botany/plant biology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Botany/Plant Biology in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in botany/plant biology.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Botany

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

7 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in botany/plant biology. NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from North Carolina State University

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

23 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in botany/plant biology has to check out University of Florida. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from University of Florida

3

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

7 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in botany/plant biology. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from University of Georgia

4

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

10 Annual Graduates

Virginia Tech is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in botany/plant biology. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from Virginia Tech

5

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

6 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from Mississippi State University

6

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

3 Annual Graduates

UK is a very large public university located in the large city of Lexington.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from University of Kentucky

7

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

2 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in botany/plant biology from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best botany/plant biology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	23
Virginia	127	10
Georgia	126	7
North Carolina	115	7
Mississippi	113	6
Louisiana	103	2
Kentucky	87	3
Arkansas	58	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Botany

Botany/Plant Biology is one of 14 different types of Biological & Biomedical Sciences programs to choose from.

Botany Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	33
Botany	21
Plant Molecular Biology	5

Majors Similar to Botany

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	374
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	173
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	135
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	131
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	130
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	115
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	105
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	102
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	88
Genetics	64

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.