2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry, General for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry, General for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Forestry, General is the 468th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 76 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 forestry, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry, General for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in forestry, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry, general programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the forestry, general program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry, General for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying forestry, general.
Top 2 Best Forestry, General Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry, General for a Bachelor’s. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 16 bachelors’s forestry, general degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Forestry, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 5 of the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M College Station were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,925. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas A&M College Station does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry, General for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s forestry, general students in 2020-2021.
SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Forestry, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 427 of the 12,620 students enrolled at SFASU were GI Bill® students, of which 177 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,500. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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