2023 Best Forestry Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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$29,495
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Forestry for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Southeast region, there were 941 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,188 and $21,582 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 118 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forestry programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the forestry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Forestry for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree vets studying forestry.
Top 1 Best Forestry Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Forestry for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Haywood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Haywood Community College is a small public school situated in Clyde, North Carolina. It awarded 9 associates’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
Haywood Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 1,440 students enrolled at Haywood Community College, 59 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,608. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Haywood Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Haywood Community College Veteran Student Life Report
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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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