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2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,292 people earned their degree in forestry, making the major the 187th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, forestry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,496 and had an average of $20,610 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 301 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,933 and $20,043 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 30 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry 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 forestry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The forestry 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 Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Hocking College

Nelsonville, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hocking College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Hocking Technical College is a small public school situated in Nelsonville, Ohio. It awarded 14 associates’s forestry degrees in 2019-2020.

Hocking Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,089 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Forestry students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Hocking College.

Read more about Forestry at Hocking College

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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%.

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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