2023 Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

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 “Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” 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 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 “Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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 Southeast Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.

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

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 27 degrees 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 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 full report on Forestry, General at UF

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s forestry, general degrees to 13 students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full NC State Forestry, General Report

3

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s 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.

Full WVU Forestry, General Report

4

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

Top 10% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Forestry, General Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 5 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 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 UT Knoxville

• 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.

Credits

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