2023 Best Value Forestry Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Forestry Master's Degree School for You
Forestry is the #188 most popular major in the country with 2,233 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 26 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for forestry students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for forestry majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Forestry Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Georgia the best value school in the United States for forestry students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.
UGA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Stephen F Austin State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value forestry schools in the United States. SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Nacogdoches.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFASU are $15,695 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value forestry schools in the United States. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
NC State graduate students pay an average of $29,690 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, NC State also did well on our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Out of the 26 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Clemson also did well on our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Oregon State University is a great value for forestry students working on their master’s degree. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.
Oregon State graduate students pay an average of $29,420 in tuition and fees each year.
Michigan Technological University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Forestry Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
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University of California - Berkeley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for forestry students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Berkeley also did well on our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Forestry Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW Seattle are $30,912 per year.
UW Seattle excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools list.
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With a ranking of #9, Virginia Tech did quite well on this year’s best value schools for forestry students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Virginia Tech also did well on our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for forestry students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. ESF is a small public school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ESF are $24,950 a year.
Forestry by Region
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Majors Related to Forestry
One of 5 majors within the area of study, forestry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Forestry
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 25 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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