by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in other botany/plant biology, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of other botany/plant biology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | 3 | 902 |
| Animal Genetics | 3 | 59 |
| Animal Physiology | 3 | 166 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 3 | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 3 | 316 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 3 | 4,612 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 3 | 89,827 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 3 | 250 |
| Biometry/Biometrics | 3 | 185 |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 3,869 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Botany/Plant Biology | 538 |
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology | 151 |
| Plant Physiology | 15 |
| Plant Molecular Biology | 12 |
As a more focused area within Botany/Plant Biology, other botany/plant biology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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