2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 878 people earned their degree in forestry, general, making the major the 468th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 323 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in the Southeast Region

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 27 masters’s forestry, general degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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 more about Forestry, General at University of Florida

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 13 masters’s forestry, general degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Forestry, General at North Carolina State University

3

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 8 masters’s forestry, general degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Forestry, General at WVU

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

Top 10% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s forestry, general degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Forestry, General Report

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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.

Credits

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