2023 Best Forestry Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Degrees Awarded
$37,300
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Forestry is the 189th most popular major in the country with 2,233 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New England region, there were 67 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,908 and $21,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in forestry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forestry programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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 New England Region for Forestry for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree vets studying forestry.
Top 2 Best Forestry Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 3 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
UNH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus supports 14,348 students, and 37 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 24 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,247. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for an Associate. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s forestry degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass Amherst, 477 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,295. On top of their other funding sources, 21 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMass Amherst does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Massachusetts Amherst]](/colleges/university-of-massachusetts-amherst/student-life/veterans/)
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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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