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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

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 “Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in forestry, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular forestry, general programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

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

Top 3 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Michigan Technological University is a public institution located in Houghton, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full Michigan Tech Forestry, General Report

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 3 masters’s forestry, general degrees in 2020-2021.

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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 Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s forestry, general students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Forestry, General at Michigan State

• Most Popular 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.

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