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2025 Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

5 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
151 Botany Degrees Awarded
$32,721 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in botany/plant biology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #259 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for botany/plant biology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 151 degrees in botany/plant biology annually.

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Choosing a Great Botany/Plant Biology School

Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region The botany program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Botany/Plant Biology rankings. For our Best Overall Botany/Plant Biology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Botany/Plant Biology Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Botany
Master's Degrees in Botany
Doctor's Degrees in Botany

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Botany/Plant Biology in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the botany degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Botany

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WI

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a good choice for students interested in a degree in botany/plant biology. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.

There were approximately 19 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL

Northwestern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in botany/plant biology. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were about 11 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In OH
38.9% Growth in Graduates

Miami University - Oxford is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in botany/plant biology. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were roughly 18 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN

Any student pursuing a degree in botany/plant biology has to check out Purdue University - Main Campus. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were approximately 25 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In OH

Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were approximately 16 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.

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Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best botany/plant biology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 322 31
Ohio 314 62
Illinois 304 33
Indiana 294 26
Wisconsin 273 27

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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 114
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology 26
Other Botany/Plant Biology 11

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Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 12,640
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 2,703
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 2,345
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 1,182
Zoology 808
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 765
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 707
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 622
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 537
Genetics 494

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