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Major Overview for Botany/Plant Biology

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Overview for Botany/Plant Biology

A program that focuses on the scientific study of plants, related microbial organisms, and plant habitats and ecosystem relations. Includes instruction in plant anatomy and structure, phytochemistry, cytology, plant genetics, plant morphology and physiology, plant ecology, plant taxonomy and systematics, paleobotany, and applications of biophysics and molecular biology.

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Colleges Offering a Major in Botany/Plant Biology

Top 35 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Botany/Plant Biology among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens, OH
19
(0.5%)
Minimally Selective$18,204
Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH
17
(0.5%)
Minimally Selective$20,294
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
13
(0.3%)
Moderately Selective$13,417
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
12
(0.2%)
Moderately Selective$21,165
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA
10
(0.7%)
Minimally Selective$13,679
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
9
(0.1%)
Moderately Selective$14,765
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
8
(0.1%)
Most Selective$22,247
Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ
8
(0.1%)
Minimally Selective$13,241
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
8
(0.1%)
Highly Selective$11,217
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, OK
6
(0.2%)
Minimally Selective$14,675
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.