by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Forestry is the 189th most popular major in the country with 2,233 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 Southeast region, there were 941 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,188 and $21,582 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 470 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 19 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 forestry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College landed the #1 spot on the list. ABAC Tifton is a public institution located in Tifton, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Monticello. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Monticello, Arkansas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sewanee - The University of the South. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region. Sewanee, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s forestry degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ruston, Louisiana, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 101 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Mississippi State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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North Carolina State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 78 degrees to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Alabama A & M University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Normal, Alabama, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern University and A & M College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 4 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Florida landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Clemson University is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 24 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Auburn University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forestry degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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 92%.
West Virginia University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forestry degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
With a ranking of #15, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Georgia came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 12 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Newberry College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. Newberry College is a small school located in Newberry, South Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Tuskegee University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tuskegee, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
Rollins College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Rollins College is a small school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 0 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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