2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in California

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

Across California, there were 193 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,974 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in forestry, general. That schools that top this list have a program in forestry, general in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in California

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in California

1

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California

#16 overall quality in California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in California. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s forestry, general degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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2

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in California. This large school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 6 masters’s forestry, general degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, 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 96%.

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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

• *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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