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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 “Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in forestry. To top this list, a school must have a successful forestry program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s. Humboldt State University is a public institution located in Arcata, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #2 spot on the list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a public institution located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees 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 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #3 spot on the list. UC Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 13 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 93%.
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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 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s. Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s. University of Nevada - Reno is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 9 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
With a ranking of #6, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Washington State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. Wazzu is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 32 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
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