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2023 Most Popular Forestry Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

4 Colleges
$38,057 Avg Salary
$23,117 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Forestry Bachelor'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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Forestry Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Forestry program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for forestry majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Arizona University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for forestry students working on their bachelor’s degree. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

Women make up 43% of the forestry majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that forestry majors at NAU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,647.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Stephen F Austin State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular forestry schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Nacogdoches, SFASU is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 39 students majoring in forestry at SFASU, 85% are male and 15% are female.

Forestry majors at SFASU take out an average of $20,869 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular forestry schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

About 38% of the students majoring in forestry at the school are women while 63% are male.

The average amount in student loans that forestry majors at Texas A&M College Station take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $16,367.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the remote town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 25% of the forestry majors at the school.

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Best Forestry Colleges by State

Explore the best forestry colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 59
Arizona 64
Oklahoma 6
New Mexico 8

Forestry is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Forestry

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 4 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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