2024 Best Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
6
Colleges in the Southeast Region
38
Master's Degrees
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 reviewed 6 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of botany/plant biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 master's degrees in botany/plant biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Botany/Plant Biology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of botany/plant biology for getting your master'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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master'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 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
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
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.