by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Southwest region, there were 187 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,316 and $21,214 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in forestry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their forestry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree forestry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southwest Region. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College is a public institution located in Miami, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Oklahoma State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southwest Region list. Eastern Oklahoma State College is a small public school situated in Wilburton, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tyler Junior College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Arizona College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Thatcher, Arizona, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
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