2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Forestry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Maine, there were 42 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,301 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the forestry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Forestry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Forestry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

$43,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forestry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Forestry students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Forestry at UMaine

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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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