2025 Best Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in botany/plant biology. It is ranked #217 out of 343 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 master's degrees in botany/plant biology during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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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 master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - The number of botany/plant biology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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 master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized botany/plant biology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for botany/plant biology students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Botany/Plant Biology in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Botany

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

4 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a good option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in botany/plant biology. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in botany/plant biology from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

9 Annual Graduates

Northwestern University is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in botany/plant biology. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.More information about a master’s in botany/plant biology from Northwestern University

Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best botany/plant biology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	18
Michigan	211	8
Ohio	207	12
Indiana	191	6
Wisconsin	173	3

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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
Botany	20
Other Botany/Plant Biology	9
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	8

Majors Similar to Botany

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	902
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	467
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	215
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	187
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	164
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	161
Biotechnology	134
Pharmacology & Toxicology	132
Genetics	130
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	128

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.