2022 Best Value Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology is the 913th most popular major in the country with 117 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 84 wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,458 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 54 degrees to qualified bachelors’s wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology students in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology students per year to attend NC State.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, 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 94%.

Full North Carolina State University Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$12,983 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for West Virginia University is $12,983 for southeast region bachelor’s degree wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology students.

Full WVU Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology

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.

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