2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Forestry 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.
The Best Value Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for forestry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Forestry
Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for forestry students. Located in the town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
UW - Stevens Point undergraduate students pay an average of $17,035 in tuition and fees each year. On average, forestry graduates from UW - Stevens Point take out $25,861 in student loans while working on their degree.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUC are $15,240 per year. The average amount in student loans that forestry majors at SIUC take out is $22,250.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Loyola Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hocking College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Nelsonville, Hocking Technical College is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hocking Technical College are $9,810 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Michigan Tech are $39,723 per year. While working on their degree, forestry majors at Michigan Tech accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.
Michigan Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value forestry programs. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Madison are $38,608 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 5% of our Best Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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Northland College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for forestry students. It came in at #8 on the list. Northland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Ashland.
Northland undergraduate students pay an average of $39,894 in tuition and fees each year.
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Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for forestry students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan State are $41,290 a year. On average, forestry graduates from Michigan State take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
Michigan State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Forestry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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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 |
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Majors Related to Forestry
One of 5 majors within the area of study, forestry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 9 schools 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.
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