2023 Best Forest Technology/Technician Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Forest Technology/Technician for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 327 people earned their degree in forest technology/technician, making the major the 788th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 200 forest technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 102 forest technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forest technology/technician programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the forest technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Forest Technology/Technician for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Forest Technology/Technician for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Forest Technology/Technician Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Haywood Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Forest Technology/Technician for an Associate list. Haywood Community College is a small public school situated in Clyde, North Carolina. It awarded 9 associates’s forest technology/technician degrees in 2020-2021.
Haywood Community College also made our “Best Forest Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 59 of the 1,440 students enrolled at Haywood Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,608. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Haywood Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Haywood Community College]](/colleges/haywood-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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