49 Best colleges for Botany in Massachusetts

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Botany. A graph of 5.17M citations received by 90.2K academic papers made by 49 universities in Massachusetts was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

Cambridge

For Botany

#1 in the United States

#1 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,900

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Botany

#31 in the United States

#34 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $21,519

3. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Botany

#54 in the United States

#59 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

4. Boston University

Boston

For Botany

#58 in the United States

#65 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,551

5. Tufts University

Medford

For Botany

#64 in the United States

#72 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $33,333

6. Northeastern University

Boston

For Botany

#144 in the United States

#166 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $34,770

7. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Botany

#146 in the United States

#168 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,394
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1962

8. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Botany

#174 in the United States

#200 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,668

9. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Botany

#181 in the United States

#207 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 92%

10. Boston College

Boston

For Botany

#183 in the United States

#209 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $32,590

11. Clark University

Worcester

For Botany

#224 in the United States

#258 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1320
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $32,767

12. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Botany

#246 in the United States

#281 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Net Price: $47,799
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $28,005

13. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Botany

#280 in the United States

#317 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

14. Amherst College

Amherst

For Botany

#294 in the United States

#335 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $17,965

15. Williams College

Williamstown

For Botany

#309 in the United States

#351 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1515
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $16,988

16. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Botany

#312 in the United States

#356 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 99%

17. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Botany

#314 in the United States

#358 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,501

18. Smith College

Northampton

For Botany

#364 in the United States

#411 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1474
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,823

19. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Botany

#384 in the United States

#431 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,782

20. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Botany

#447 in the United States

#496 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,455

21. Suffolk University

Boston

For Botany

#455 in the United States

#506 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $33,089

22. Babson College

Wellesley

For Botany

#503 in the United States

#556 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $30,220

23. Simmons University

Boston

For Botany

#562 in the United States

#617 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $29,575

24. Bentley University

Waltham

For Botany

#582 in the United States

#637 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $43,858

25. New England College of Optometry

Boston

For Botany

#585 in the United States

#640 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 529
Male:Female: 24:76
Founded: 1894

26. Hampshire College

Amherst

For Botany

#588 in the United States

#643 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Net Price: $27,556
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $43,944

27. Dean College

Franklin

For Botany

#612 in the United States

#669 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $31,472
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,467

28. MCPHS University

Boston

For Botany

#663 in the United States

#722 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $37,182

29. Newbury College

Brookline

For Botany

#668 in the United States

#728 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $23,613
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,393

30. Hebrew College

Newton Centre

For Botany

#676 in the United States

#736 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 177
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1921

31. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Botany

#697 in the United States

#759 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,484
Male:Female: 16:84
Founded: 1977

32. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Botany

#708 in the United States

#770 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1163
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $9,184

33. Gordon College

Wenham

For Botany

#721 in the United States

#783 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1269
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $25,250

34. Fisher College

Boston

For Botany

#744 in the United States

#807 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Net Price: $27,827
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $24,917

35. Salem State University

Salem

For Botany

#772 in the United States

#837 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1075
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,241

36. Western New England University

Springfield

For Botany

#786 in the United States

#851 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $31,548

37. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Botany

#788 in the United States

#853 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 94%

38. Springfield College

Springfield

For Botany

#805 in the United States

#870 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1165
Net Price: $29,198
Receiving Aid: 100%

39. Bay State College

Boston

For Botany

#863 in the United States

#930 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $43,020
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $10,243

40. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

Norton

For Botany

#866 in the United States

#933 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $31,638

41. Emerson College

Boston

For Botany

#886 in the United States

#953 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $50,703

42. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Botany

#906 in the United States

#973 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $38,849
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,235

43. Westfield State University

Westfield

For Botany

#908 in the United States

#975 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $8,406
Enrollment: 4,555

44. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Botany

#931 in the United States

#998 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1144
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $7,332

45. Stonehill College

Easton

For Botany

#992 in the United States

#1060 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Net Price: $31,134
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $37,353

46. Endicott College

Beverly

For Botany

#1017 in the United States

#1087 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $39,988

47. Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay

For Botany

#1024 in the United States

#1095 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $16,962
Enrollment: 1,362

48. Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg

For Botany

#1033 in the United States

#1104 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

49. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Botany

#1040 in the United States

#1111 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $33,214

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Botany

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	6	82
Connecticut	17	19
New Hampshire	9	102
Vermont	5	109
New York	96	2
New Jersey	19	30
Maine	10	108
Pennsylvania	69	14
Maryland	20	16
District of Columbia	8	124
Virginia	34	39
West Virginia	8	112
Ohio	45	15
North Carolina	28	18
Michigan	26	9
South Carolina	18	77
Indiana	24	27
Kentucky	14	42
Tennessee	26	52
Wisconsin	26	5
Georgia	27	13
Illinois	41	7
Alabama	20	69
Iowa	11	22
Missouri	21	38
Florida	36	4
Minnesota	20	10
Mississippi	10	84
Arkansas	15	81
Louisiana	17	63
Kansas	8	44
South Dakota	8	131
North Dakota	5	90
Nebraska	9	40
Oklahoma	14	73
Puerto Rico	10	227
Texas	56	23
Colorado	16	34
Montana	4	83
New Mexico	6	105
Utah	7	43
Idaho	5	87
Arizona	7	17
Nevada	3	99
Washington	15	8
Oregon	15	24
California	85	3
Alaska	4	128
Hawaii	5	79

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Botany

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