2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forest Technology/Technician in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 368 people earned their degree in forest technology/technician, making the major the 762nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 36 forest technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 forest technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forest technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the forest technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The forest technology/technician school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forest Technology/Technician in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Mt. Hood Community College

Gresham, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$7,211 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forest Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. Hood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. MHCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Gresham, Oregon. It awarded 4 associates’s forest technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

MHCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Forest Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $7,211 for far western us region associate degree forest technology/technician students with aid per year to attend MHCC.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forest Technology/Technician (With Aid)

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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