by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Forestry is the 189th most popular major in the country with 2,247 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , forestry graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,959 and had an average of $20,168 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 157 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,097 and $17,393 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in forestry. That schools that top this list have a program in forestry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. ESF is a small school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 11 masters’s forestry degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Forestry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Paul Smiths, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s forestry students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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