2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 259 people earned their degree in forest management/forest resources management, making the major the 716th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 29 forest management/forest resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 forest management/forest resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in forest management/forest resources management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forest management/forest resources management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the forest management/forest resources management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree forest management/forest resources management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forest Management/Forest Resources Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#1 in overall quality

$12,838 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a small school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 16 bachelors’s forest management/forest resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $12,838 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Forest Management/Forest Resources Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Forest Management/Forest Resources Management at ESF

#2

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

Paul Smiths, New York

#2 in overall quality

$19,804 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science landed the #2 spot on the list. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is a small school located in Paul Smiths, New York that handed out 5 bachelors’s forest management/forest resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

Paul Smith’s College also made our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is $19,804 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree forest management/forest resources management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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