2022 Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Forest Sciences & Biology is the 634th most popular major in the country with 389 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Tennessee, there were 5 forest sciences and biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forest sciences and biology 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 sciences and biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Forest Sciences & Biology in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

Sewanee - The University of the South

Sewanee, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$30,474 Average Net Price

$37,360 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sewanee - The University of the South. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid list. Sewanee - The University of the South is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sewanee, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Sewanee also made our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Sewanee is $30,474 for Tennessee Forest Sciences and Biology students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Forest Sciences & Biology at Sewanee - The University of the South

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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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