2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in the Great Lakes Region

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree forestry, general students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in the Great Lakes Region

1

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan

#22 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan Technological University is located in Houghton, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s forestry, general degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.

Read more about Forestry, General at Michigan Technological University

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s forestry, general students in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Forestry, General Report

3

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

#14 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s forestry, general students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Forestry, General at Michigan State University

• Most Focused Master’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.

Credits

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