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2023 Best Value Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,810 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,266 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Forestry Associate Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, forestry was ranked #188 in the country. In fact 2,233 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Forestry Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Forestry Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Forestry Associate Degree School

#1

Hocking College

Nelsonville, OH

Our 2023 rankings named Hocking College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for forestry students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Nelsonville, Hocking Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Hocking Technical College are $9,810 a year.

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Best Forestry Colleges by State

Explore the best forestry schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 54
Ohio 8
Illinois 42
Indiana 43
Wisconsin 102

One of 5 majors within the area of study, forestry has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 values are for the top school only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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