If you're seeking a degree in urban forestry, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1079 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of urban forestry. Combined, these schools handed out 70 degrees in urban forestry to qualified students.
Your choice of urban forestry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Urban Forestry School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Urban Forestry in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of urban forestry degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in urban forestry. Located in the rural area of Paul Smiths, Paul Smith's College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 1587th out of 2,217 colleges for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 6 urban forestry students who graduated with this degree at Paul Smith's College in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - Davis is a good option for students interested in a degree in urban forestry. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Davis. A Best Colleges rank of #52 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 urban forestry students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Massachusetts Amherst if you wish to pursue a degree in urban forestry. UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Amherst. This university ranks 11th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 3 urban forestry students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
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).