2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for an Associate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,233 people earned their degree in forestry, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, forestry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,829 and had an average of $21,444 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 259 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,685 and $25,528 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the forestry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree vets studying forestry.
Top 1 Best Forestry Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hocking College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Forestry for an Associate list. Hocking College is located in Nelsonville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 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.According to our most recent data, Hocking College supports 2,431 students, and 113 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 67 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,442. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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