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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Forestry is the 189th most popular major in the country with 2,247 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , forestry graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,959 and had an average of $20,168 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 407 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,540 and $19,167 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,948 and $20,385 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in forestry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in forestry.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Humboldt State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Humboldt State University is a medium-sized school located in Arcata, California that handed out 34 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 39 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Forestry at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region. UNR is a large school located in Reno, Nevada that handed out 18 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 4 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Davis, California, this large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Washington State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forestry degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of California - Berkeley landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of California - Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 5 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Forestry at University of California - Berkeley
University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
.jpg){kind=link}