by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Forestry Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 160 bachelor's degrees in forestry during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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The forestry bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality forestry program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for forestry students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Forestry Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in forestry.
It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in forestry. UW - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Stevens Point.
After graduating, forestry bachelor's recipients usually make about $41,177 in their early careers.
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It is hard to beat Michigan State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in forestry. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing.
After graduating, forestry bachelor's recipients typically make about $39,178 in their early careers.
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Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in forestry needs to check out Purdue University - Main Campus. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Forestry bachelor's degree recipients from Purdue University - Main Campus get an earnings boost of approximately $2,158 above the average income of forestry graduates.
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Michigan Technological University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in forestry. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Houghton.
Forestry bachelor's degree recipients from Michigan Technological University get an earnings boost of around $4,700 above the average earnings of forestry majors.
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Located in the town of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a large student population.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the forestry program make an average of $35,398 in the first couple years of working.
More information about a bachelor’s in forestry from Southern Illinois University CarbondaleExplore the best forestry colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .
One of 5 majors within the Natural Resources & Conservation area of study, Forestry has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Forestry, General | 145 |
| Forest Sciences & Biology | 7 |
| Forestry, Other | 7 |
| Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology | 1 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Natural Resources Conservation | 2,440 |
| Wildlife Management | 214 |
| Natural Resource Management | 205 |
| Fisheries Sciences | 150 |
| Natural Resources Conservation (Other) | 13 |
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