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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry

3 Ranked Colleges
187 Degrees Awarded
$29,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry

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 Southwest Region for Forestry” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry”.

Top 3 Best Forestry Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 ’s forestry degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region vets studying forestry list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Texas A&M College Station supports 70,418 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,925. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry list. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 ’s forestry degrees to qualified students.

SFASU also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 12,620 students enrolled at Stephen F Austin State University, 427 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 177 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,500. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Stephen F Austin State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forestry list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school awarded 114 degrees to qualified ’s forestry students in 2020-2021.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,055 of the 29,566 students enrolled at NAU were GI Bill® students, of which 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,378. During this same period, 56 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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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