2023 Best Vallue Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Forestry, General is the 468th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 6 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in forestry, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forestry, general programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forestry, general 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 Vallue Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Forestry, General (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

1

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$16,002 Average Net Price

$48,142 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s forestry, general degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State is $16,002 for plains states region forestry, general students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Iowa State University Forestry, General Report

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$16,559 Average Net Price

$46,901 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s forestry, general degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Forestry, General Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,559 for plains states region forestry, general students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Full Mizzou Forestry, General Report

• Best Value Colleges for Forestry, General (Income Over $110k)

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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