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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$15,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forestry programs, but they also cost less that 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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Best Vallue Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Forestry (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Hocking College

Nelsonville, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hocking College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Forestry Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Hocking College is located in Nelsonville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s forestry degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hocking Technical College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hocking College is $12,793 for great lakes region associate degree forestry students whose families make more than $110k.

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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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