2023 Best Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Indiana
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Ranked Colleges
19
Degrees Awarded
$35,961
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Forestry 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 Indiana, there were 43 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,961 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,857 and $26,625 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forestry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forestry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Forestry for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Forestry for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for indiana bachelor’s degree vets studying forestry.
Top 1 Best Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Indiana
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Forestry for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 19 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,765. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Purdue University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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