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2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,634 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,406 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Forestry School for You

Forestry is the #167 most popular major in Iowa with 26 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Forestry Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for forestry students. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa State are $9,634 a year. After completing their degree, forestry graduates from Iowa State carry an average student debtload of $19,468.

Iowa State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Forestry Schools in Iowa list.

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Best Value Forestry Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 12
Minnesota 71
Kansas 0
Nebraska 0
North Dakota 2

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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