by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Forestry, General is the 468th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 171 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 156 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in forestry, general. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in forestry, general.
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The forestry, general school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree forestry, general students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry, general students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Houghton, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s forestry, general students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, 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 86%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forestry, general degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 7 bachelors’s forestry, general degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
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