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2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
130 Degrees Awarded
$5,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Forestry is the 187th most popular major in the country with 2,292 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Far Western US region, there were 408 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,600 and $26,080 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 130 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Mt. Hood Community College

Gresham, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. Hood Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Mt. Hood Community College is a public institution located in Gresham, Oregon. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MHCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MHCC is $5,855 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Forestry students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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

  • *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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