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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region

15 Ranked Colleges
74 Degrees Awarded
$30,520 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Botany/Plant Biology is the 259th most popular major in the country with 683 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , botany/plant biology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $27,599 and had an average of $21,867 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 151 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,520 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in botany/plant biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in botany/plant biology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 15 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Great Lakes Region

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Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ohio Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Delaware, Ohio. It awarded 7 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 Wesleyan University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 12 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 University - Athens Campus

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s botany degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s botany degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Miami University - Oxford

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Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at UW - Madison

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

With a ranking of #6, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s botany degrees to 14 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Michigan State University Botany/Plant Biology Report

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With a ranking of #8, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s botany degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Kent State

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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 U-M Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Ohio State is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 3 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Ohio State Botany/Plant Biology Report

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With a ranking of #11, Ohio University - Lancaster Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Lancaster Campus is a small public school situated in Lancaster, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at OHIO Lancaster

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Ohio University - Southern Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio University - Southern Campus is a small school located in Ironton, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full OHIO Southern Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Chillicothe, Ohio, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full OHIO Chillicothe Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Ohio University - Eastern Campus
Saint Clairsville, Ohio

Ohio University - Eastern Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Saint Clairsville, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 OHIO Eastern Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Ohio University - Zanesville Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Zanesville, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

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