2025 Best Plant Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
57Doctor's Degrees
a doctor's degree in plant sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #70 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of plant sciences. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 57 doctor's degrees in plant sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to plant sciences students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other plant sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for plant sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized plant sciences related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for plant sciences students working on their doctor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Plant Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
