by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Far Western US region, there were 373 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,540 and $22,360 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 127 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree forestry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Humboldt State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region. Humboldt State University is located in Arcata, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Nevada - Reno is a public institution located in Reno, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, 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 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. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, 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 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region. University of California - Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read full report on Forestry at University of California - Davis
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. Washington State University is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 6 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of California - Berkeley came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the 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 6 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Forestry at University of California - Berkeley
University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #8. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forestry degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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