2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Forest Management/Forest Resources Management is the 716th most popular major in the country with 259 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in forest management/forest resources management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forest management/forest resources management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forest management/forest resources management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree forest management/forest resources management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forest Management/Forest Resources Management (Income $30-$48k)

#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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s forest management/forest resources management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140.

Full Duke Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Report

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 14 masters’s forest management/forest resources management degrees 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 are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Forest Management/Forest Resources Management at Oregon State

#3

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#3 in overall quality

$24,990 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a public institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESF are $24,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on 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 be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242.

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.

Credits

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