by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Forestry is the 189th most popular major in the country with 2,233 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, forestry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,829 and had an average of $21,444 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 259 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,685 and $25,528 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in forestry. That schools that top this list have a program in forestry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree forestry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gogebic Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ironwood, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s forestry degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hocking College landed the #2 spot on the list. Hocking Technical College is a small school located in Nelsonville, Ohio that handed out 8 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mid-State Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region. Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s forestry degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gateway Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Gateway Technical College is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 associates’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Madison Area Technical College landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Forestry at Madison Area Technical College
With a ranking of #6, Kent State University at East Liverpool did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State University at East Liverpool is located in East Liverpool, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Forestry at Kent State University at East Liverpool
Joliet Junior College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Joliet, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s forestry degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Kent State University at Trumbull ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Warren, Ohio, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Forestry at Kent State University at Trumbull
Kent State University at Ashtabula came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Kent State University at Ashtabula is a small public school situated in Ashtabula, Ohio. It awarded 0 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Forestry at Kent State University at Ashtabula
Kent State University at Salem ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Salem, Ohio, and it awarded 0 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Kent State University at Geauga came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Burton, Ohio, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Forestry at Kent State University at Geauga
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