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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$24,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Southwest region, there were 55 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in botany/plant biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great botany/plant biology programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree botany students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 4 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #6 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Botany/Plant Biology Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at NMSU Main Campus

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963.

Full OSU Botany/Plant Biology Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at The University of Texas at Austin

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arizona Botany/Plant Biology Report

#1 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s botany students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Notes and References

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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