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Best Forestry Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Forestry Schools in North Carolina

3 Colleges
$54,960 Avg Salary
$22,207 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Forestry School for You

Forestry is the #124 most popular major in North Carolina with 150 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Forestry Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Forestry Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Forestry Colleges.

Top North Carolina Schools in Forestry

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the best school for forestry students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best forestry schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average amount in student loans that forestry majors at NC State take out is $22,207.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Haywood Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Forestry Schools in North Carolina list. Haywood Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Clyde.

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Best Forestry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Forestry Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 103
Virginia 121
Florida 117
Tennessee 26
Kentucky 14
South Carolina 55
Louisiana 39
Arkansas 28
Alabama 56
Mississippi 82
West Virginia 50

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Forestry is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 22,254
Natural Resource Management 2,933
Wildlife Management 2,449
Fisheries Sciences 483
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 151

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bureau of Land Management.

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