by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
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 Plains States region, there were 112 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,106 and $21,734 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in forestry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in forestry.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itasca Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region. Itasca Community College is located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 associates’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota College at Bottineau. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region list. Dakota College at Bottineau is a small school located in Bottineau, North Dakota that handed out 2 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Three Rivers College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hennepin Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Hennepin Technical College is a public institution located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nebraska Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Barton County Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Barton Community College is a small school located in Great Bend, Kansas that handed out 0 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Leech Lake Tribal College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Cass Lake, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
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