2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Forestry is the 187th most popular major in the country with 2,292 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 995 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,222 and $19,786 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 136 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in forestry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the forestry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree forestry students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Conway, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$4,115 Average Net Price

$28,381 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Conway, South Carolina that handed out 31 associates’s forestry degrees in 2019-2020.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College also made our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Horry-Georgetown Technical College is $4,115 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Forestry students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Forestry at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

#2

Haywood Community College

Clyde, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$4,816 Average Net Price

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Haywood Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Clyde, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s forestry degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Haywood Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Haywood Community College is $4,816 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Forestry students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Forestry at Haywood Community College

#3

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton, Georgia

#4 in overall quality

$4,838 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Tifton, Georgia, and it awarded 1 associates’s forestry degrees in 2019-2020.

ABAC Tifton also made our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is $4,838 for southeast region associate degree forestry students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Forestry at ABAC Tifton

#4

Glenville State College

Glenville, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$11,574 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glenville State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Glenville State College is a small school located in Glenville, West Virginia that handed out 10 associates’s forestry degrees in 2019-2020.

Glenville State College also made our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Glenville State College is $11,574 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Forestry students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Forestry at Glenville State College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $0-$30k)

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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