2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry in the Plains States Region

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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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in forestry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in forestry.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry in the Plains States Region

1

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 1 doctorate’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 2.4% 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%.

Read full report on Forestry at Iowa State University

2

University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a medium-sized public school situated in Duluth, Minnesota. It awarded 0 doctorate’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMN Duluth Forestry Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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