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 Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 161 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,843 and $15,765 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 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 colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree forestry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Paul Smith’s College is located in Paul Smiths, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this small public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albright College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a small school located in Princess Anne, Maryland that handed out 0 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. University of Maryland - College Park is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 0 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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