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2023 Best Forestry Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

4 Colleges
$46,955 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Forestry Master's Degree School for You

Forestry is the #171 most popular major in the country with 486 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.

The Best Forestry Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Forestry Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Forestry

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan Technological University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for forestry students working on their master’s degree. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for forestry students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent master’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best forestry schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Forestry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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Best Forestry Colleges by State

Explore the best forestry schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 22
Illinois 4
Ohio 0
Indiana 24
Wisconsin 4

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

Majors Similar to Forestry

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 3,724
Natural Resource Management 1,073
Wildlife Management 323
Fisheries Sciences 106
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 32

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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