2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Forest Management/Forest Resources Management is the 716th most popular major in the country with 259 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 forest management/forest resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in forest management/forest resources management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forest management/forest resources management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the forest management/forest resources management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forest Management/Forest Resources Management (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Itasca Community College

Grand Rapids, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,791 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Itasca Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k list. Itasca Community College is a public institution located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Itasca Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Itasca Community College is $11,791 for Associate Degree Forest Management/Forest Resources Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Forest Management/Forest Resources Management at Itasca Community College

#2

Hocking College

Nelsonville, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$14,103 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hocking College landed the #2 spot on the list. Hocking Technical College is a public institution located in Nelsonville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hocking Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,103 for associate degree forest management/forest resources management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Hocking Technical College.

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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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