2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Southwest region, there were 153 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,800 and $20,192 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forestry programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$19,489 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Forestry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 6 doctorate’s forestry degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU also made our “Best Forestry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Forestry at Northern Arizona University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Forestry (With Aid)

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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