2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Forestry, General is the 468th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 48 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in forestry, general. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their forestry, general program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the New England Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in the New England Region

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the New England Region. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s forestry, general degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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2

University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s forestry, general degrees 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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3

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the New England Region. UNH is a public institution located in Durham, New Hampshire. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Forestry, General at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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