2022 Best Value Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 21 people earned their degree in plant genetics, making the major the 1168th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 plant genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plant genetics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plant genetics 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 plant genetics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree plant genetics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Genetics (Income $48-$75k)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s plant genetics students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Plant Genetics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Plant Genetics Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant genetics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Plant Genetics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Plant Genetics at Michigan State

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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