by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Forestry Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 70 people earned their degree in urban forestry, making the major the 1079th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 urban forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Forestry Major” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in urban forestry. That schools that top this list have a program in urban forestry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree urban forestry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern University and A & M College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Forestry Major. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 4 bachelors’s urban forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Forestry Major list. Located in Davis, California, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s urban forestry students in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about Urban Forestry at University of California - Davis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Forestry Major list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 0 bachelors’s urban forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Forestry Major. University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a small public school situated in Princess Anne, Maryland. It awarded 0 bachelors’s urban forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Forestry Major list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban forestry degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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