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2022 Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

3 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 959 people earned their degree in forestry, general, making the major the 468th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 74 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in forestry, general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forestry, general 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 forestry, general program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree forestry, general students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry, General in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Stephen F Austin State University is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 26 bachelors’s forestry, general degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Forestry, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Forestry, General students with aid.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forestry, general degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree forestry, general students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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#3

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Forestry, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s forestry, general degrees in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Highlands University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Forestry, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,661 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Forestry, General students with aid per year to attend New Mexico Highlands University.

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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%.

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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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