by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,233 people earned their degree in forestry, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 133 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,863 and $23,233 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Flathead Valley Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Flathead Valley Community College is a small school located in Kalispell, Montana that handed out 6 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salish Kootenai College landed the #2 spot on the list. Salish Kootenai College is a small school located in Pablo, Montana that handed out 2 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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