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 Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 166 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree forestry students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Monticello landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Monticello, Arkansas, and it awarded 5 masters’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University and A & M College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 5 masters’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 42 diplomas to qualified masters’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 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #5 spot on the list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s forestry degrees to 15 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s forestry students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
North Carolina State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 16 masters’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
Virginia Tech landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
With a ranking of #9, West Virginia University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
Duke University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Duke is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 7 masters’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, 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. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Clemson University is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
University of Kentucky landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 5 masters’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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