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2022 Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
21 Degrees Awarded
$31,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Forestry, General Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Forestry, General is the 468th most popular major in the country with 959 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 200 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in forestry, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry, general programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forestry, general program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Michigan Technological University is a medium-sized public school situated in Houghton, Michigan. It awarded 15 masters’s forestry, general degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Tech are $21,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan Tech Forestry, General Report

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 4 masters’s forestry, general degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Forestry, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read more about Forestry, General at Michigan State University

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s forestry, general students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best Forestry, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SIUC Forestry, General Report

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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%.

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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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