2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forest Management/Forest Resources Management (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 forest management/forest resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in forest management/forest resources management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forest management/forest resources management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forest management/forest resources management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The forest management/forest resources management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forest Management/Forest Resources Management (With Aid)

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s forest management/forest resources management degrees to qualified students.

Oregon State also made our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121.

Full Oregon State University Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Report

#2

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#2 in overall quality

$24,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #2 spot on the list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s forest management/forest resources management degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ESF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are $24,990.

Read full report on Forest Management/Forest Resources Management at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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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