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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry for a Doctorate

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$22,900 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 187 forestry graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,316 and $21,214 respectively.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree vets studying forestry.

Top 1 Best Forestry Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #1 spot on the list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s forestry degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Forestry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 29,566 students enrolled at Northern Arizona University, 1,055 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,378. On top of their other funding sources, 56 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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