2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 95 people earned their degree in wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology, making the major the 984th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 67 wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology in the Southeast Region

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North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 5 doctorate’s wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology at North Carolina State University

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 2 doctorate’s wood science and wood products/pulp and paper technology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology at Mississippi State

• Most Focused Doctor’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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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