2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $0-$30k) in the New England 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 “Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,292 people earned their degree in forestry, making the major the 187th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, forestry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,496 and had an average of $20,610 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 76 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,301 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forestry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the forestry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s forestry degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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