2022 Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Plains States Region” 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 Plains States region, there were 15 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the forestry, general program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree forestry, general students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$16,001 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s forestry, general degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree forestry, general students list, Mizzou has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Forestry, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Forestry, General students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Forestry, General at University of Missouri - Columbia

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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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