2022 Best Value Colleges for Forestry in Texas (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Forestry Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Texas, there were 55 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $24,444 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Forestry Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in forestry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forestry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forestry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Forestry Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Forestry in Texas (With Aid)

#1

Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$13,723 Average Net Price

$37,097 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Forestry Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified ’s forestry students in 2019-2020.

SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Forestry Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for texas forestry students with aid.

Full Stephen F Austin State University Forestry Report

#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

$53,657 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Forestry Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s forestry degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for texas forestry students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Forestry at Texas A&M University - College Station

• Best Value Colleges for Forestry in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Forestry (With Aid)

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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