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2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in Montana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$7,492 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,452 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Forestry School for You

In 2020-2021, 31 degrees and certificates were awarded to forestry students who went to a Montana college or university. This makes it the #72 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Forestry Schools in Montana ranking.

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.

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

Best Forestry School

$7,492 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Montana the best value school in Montana for forestry students. UM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM are $7,492 per year.

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Best Value Forestry Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Forestry Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 46
Utah 13
Idaho 43

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 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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