2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for a Master’s
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in forestry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the forestry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying forestry.
Top 3 Best Forestry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 14 masters’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Purdue also made our “Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue University - Main Campus, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Purdue University - Main Campus offers credit for military training for eligible 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Purdue]](/colleges/purdue-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 11,366 students enrolled at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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 Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for a Master’s. Michigan Technological University is located in Houghton, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
Michigan Tech also made our “Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 126 of the 6,873 students enrolled at Michigan Tech were GI Bill® students, of which 70 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,246. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Michigan Tech offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 Michigan Technological University 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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