2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 forest management/forest resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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 Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forest Management/Forest Resources Management (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s forest management/forest resources management degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Forest Management/Forest Resources Management at Duke

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s forest management/forest resources management students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Oregon State University Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Report

#3

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#3 in overall quality

$24,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a small public school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 7 masters’s forest management/forest resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ESF, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESF are $24,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Forest Management/Forest Resources Management at ESF

#4

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#4 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Missoula, Montana, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s forest management/forest resources management students in 2019-2020.

UM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UM Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Report

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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