2023 Best Value Urban Forestry Schools For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Urban Forestry Schools For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 70 people earned their degree in urban forestry, making the major the 1079th most popular in the United States.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Forestry Schools For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in urban forestry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban forestry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban forestry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Forestry Schools For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for urban forestry students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Urban Forestry (With Aid)

1

University of California - Davis
Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$15,768 Average Net Price

$46,065 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Forestry Schools For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 ’s urban forestry degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Davis, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Forestry Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UC Davis is $15,768 for urban forestry students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Urban Forestry at UC Davis

2

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
Paul Smiths, New York

#2 in overall quality

$22,515 Average Net Price

$29,863 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Forestry Schools For Those Getting Aid. Paul Smith’s College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Paul Smiths, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Paul Smith’s College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Urban Forestry Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Paul Smith’s College is $22,515 for Urban Forestry students with aid.

Read full report on Urban Forestry at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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