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2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$19,648 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,992 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Forestry School for You

Forestry is the #109 most popular major in Wisconsin with 102 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Forestry Schools in Wisconsin ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value programs for forestry students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in Wisconsin

Check out the forestry programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in Forestry

$8,331 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point the best value school in Wisconsin for forestry students. Located in the town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW - Stevens Point are $8,331 a year. Forestry majors at UW - Stevens Point take out an average of $25,861 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Forestry at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Report

$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great value for forestry students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $10,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our Best Forestry Schools in Wisconsin rankings.

Full Forestry at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

#3

Northland College

Ashland, WI
$39,894 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, Northland College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northland is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Ashland.

Northland undergraduate students pay an average of $39,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Forestry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Forestry Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 54
Ohio 8
Illinois 42
Indiana 43

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 averages are for the top 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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