by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 259 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,685 and $25,528 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 168 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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 great lakes region bachelor’s degree forestry students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Forestry Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Michigan Technological University is a medium-sized school located in Houghton, Michigan that handed out 22 bachelors’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 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Forestry at Michigan Technological University
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Forestry at Purdue University - Main Campus
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #5 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 7 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 95%.
Read full report on Forestry at University of Wisconsin - Madison
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 7 bachelors’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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #7, Northland College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Ashland, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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