You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Botany Schools in New York For Those Making $48-$75k list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s botany degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $9,785 for New York Botany students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Cornell University.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.