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Best Value Forestry Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Forestry Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$35,422 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,955 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Forestry Master's Degree 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 Value Forestry Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Forestry

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in North Carolina for forestry students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great value for forestry students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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Best Value Forestry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Forestry Colleges 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

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 2 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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