2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry in Louisiana

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 “Most Well Attended Forestry Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” 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 Louisiana, there were 60 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,884 and $25,884 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,566 and $28,067 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Forestry Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in forestry. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in forestry.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Forestry Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Forestry Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana bachelor’s degree forestry students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry in Louisiana

1

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

#10 overall quality in Louisiana

$36,884 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,884 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s list. Louisiana Tech University is a public institution located in Ruston, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Forestry at Louisiana Tech University

2

Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#23 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University and A & M College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Forestry Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Forestry at Southern University and A & M College

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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.

Credits

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