2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New York, there were 79 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $16,277 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forestry programs, but they also cost less that 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.

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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 New York For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $48-$75k) in New York

#1

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#1 in overall quality

$24,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,356 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forestry Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 7 masters’s forestry degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are $24,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Forestry at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $48-$75k)

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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