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Best Value Forestry Schools in Illinois

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2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$31,524 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,133 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Forestry School for You

Forestry is the #207 most popular major in Illinois with 4 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Forestry Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for forestry students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Forestry Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for forestry majors pursuing a .

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Forestry

$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the best value school for forestry students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 per year.

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$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 2 spot on the list. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

SIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Forestry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Forestry Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 22
Ohio 0
Indiana 24
Wisconsin 4

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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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