Forestry is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #157 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Forestry Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 bachelor's degrees in forestry during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on forestry students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of forestry students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt forestry students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized forestry related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for forestry students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Forestry Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Forestry in Michigan
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in forestry.
It is hard to beat Michigan Technological University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in forestry. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Those forestry students who get their bachelor's degree from Michigan Technological University earn $2,592 more than the standard forestry grad.
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in forestry has to look into Michigan State University. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the forestry program state that they receive average early career wages of $34,078.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).