2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in Illinois

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 Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 959 people earned their degree in forestry, general, making the major the 468th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 51 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forestry, general 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 forestry, general program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in Illinois

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$16,945 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 49 bachelors’s forestry, general degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SIUC is $16,945 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Forestry, General students.

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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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