2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Oregon, there were 73 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,500 and $29,166 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 30 masters’s forestry degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Forestry at Oregon State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $30-$48k)

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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