2022 Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Forest Technology/Technician is the 762nd most popular major in the country with 368 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 9 forest technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 forest technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forest technology/technician 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 technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree forest technology/technician students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forest Technology/Technician in the New England Region

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$24,067 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 4 associates’s forest technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best Forest Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UNH is $24,067 for new england region associate degree forest technology/technician students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 full report on Forest Technology/Technician at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

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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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