2024 Best Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Botany/Plant Biologymaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #217 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1 master's degrees in botany/plant biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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

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 - How many other botany/plant biology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 master'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 master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Botany/Plant Biology Schools

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 New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in botany/plant biology.

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Botany

1

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in botany/plant biology has to look into University of Vermont. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in botany/plant biology from University of Vermont

1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, NH

1 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in botany/plant biology has to look into University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. UNH is a large public university located in the small suburb of Durham.More information about a master’s in botany/plant biology from University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

2

University of Maine
Orono, ME

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in botany/plant biology needs to take a look at University of Maine. UMaine is a large public university located in the small suburb of Orono.More information about a master’s in botany/plant biology from University of Maine

Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	0
New Hampshire	108	1
Vermont	91	0
Maine	90	0

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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	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Botany

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	394
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	392
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	271
Biotechnology	177
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	175
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	101
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	96
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	78
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	66
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	61

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.