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2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$11,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 730 people earned their degree in botany/plant biology, making the major the 257th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, botany/plant biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $18,133 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 149 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $16,019 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in botany/plant biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality botany/plant biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the botany/plant biology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $4,367 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Michigan State University is $6,686 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Michigan State University Botany/Plant Biology Report

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue is $5,483 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Purdue

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s botany degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $8,194 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ohio State.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Ohio State University - Main Campus

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Oxford, Ohio, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k list, Miami University - Oxford has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $13,759 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Miami University - Oxford.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Miami University - Oxford Botany/Plant Biology Report

#6 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s botany degrees to qualified students.

SIUC also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for SIUC is $13,658 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at SIUC

#9 in overall quality

Kent State University at Kent ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kent State is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $13,915 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Kent State.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Kent State

Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. OHIO Athens is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #8 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OHIO Athens is $17,584 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Ohio University - Athens Campus

#9

Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, Ohio
#7 in overall quality

Ohio Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #9. OWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Delaware, Ohio. It awarded 1 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

OWU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OWU is $21,679 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Ohio Wesleyan University

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References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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