2023 Best Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$42,908
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 New England Region for Forestry for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in forestry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forestry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forestry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for a Bachelor’s list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 22 bachelors’s forestry degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying forestry list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 21 of the 11,741 students enrolled at University of Maine were GI Bill® students, of which 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UMaine Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forestry for a Bachelor’s list. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s forestry degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying forestry list, UVM has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 13,292 students enrolled at UVM, 218 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 142 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,767. In addition to receiving other benefits, 19 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full UVM 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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