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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forest Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$20,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Forest Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Forest Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Forest Engineering is the 343rd most popular major in the country with 53 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, forest engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,800 and had an average of $22,000 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 53 forest engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,800 and $22,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 forest engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forest engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the forest engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Forest Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forest Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forest Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forest Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Forest Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State is $20,016 for far western us region bachelor’s degree forest engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Forest Engineering at Oregon State

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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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