2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Michigan, there were 83 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,600 and $19,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in forestry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forestry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forestry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $75-$110k) in Michigan

#1

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$21,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Houghton, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s forestry students in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Tech are $21,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Michigan Technological University Forestry Report

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 1 doctorate’s forestry degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Forestry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Michigan State Forestry Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income $75-$110k)

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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