Bachelor's degree · Natural resources and conservation · CIP 03.05
Forestry: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 48 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Forestry, together awarding 1,137 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $46,797 one year after finishing and $63,583 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $20,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Forestry programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 24 of 46; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Forestry
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 99 | $47,556 | $63,583 | $20,500 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 86 | $75,247 | $91,156 | $18,675 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 66 | $37,106 | $55,935 | $12,697 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point · Public | WI | 60 | $43,796 | $57,213 | $21,448 |
| Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches · Public | TX | 58 | $53,457 | $63,767 | $23,027 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata · Public | CA | 51 | $45,692 | $75,667 | $20,500 |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff · Public | AZ | 49 | $43,678 | $57,117 | $18,500 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 40 | $45,731 | $75,610 | $15,000 |
| Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton · Public | GA | 38 | $47,287 | $61,486 | $24,599 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale · Public | IL | 35 | $39,474 | $53,502 | $16,000 |
| Louisiana Tech University Ruston · Public | LA | 33 | $54,749 | $60,048 | $21,850 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 31 | $50,109 | $61,542 | $15,250 |
| University of Idaho Moscow · Public | ID | 31 | $53,681 | $68,492 | $15,491 |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 30 | n/a | $66,970 | $26,000 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 30 | $52,331 | $64,038 | $25,000 |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 28 | $42,466 | $57,962 | $26,093 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 26 | $44,077 | $57,930 | $20,490 |
| University of Vermont Burlington · Public | VT | 26 | n/a | n/a | $19,000 |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse · Public | NY | 24 | $46,942 | $73,241 | $14,500 |
| Michigan Technological University Houghton · Public | MI | 23 | $42,781 | $57,039 | $21,500 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 19 | n/a | $57,392 | n/a |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Lexington · Public | KY | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 18 | $46,446 | $63,711 | $20,000 |
| University of Nevada-Reno Reno · Public | NV | 18 | n/a | $74,902 | n/a |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 16 | $48,907 | $60,398 | $26,425 |
| The University of Montana Missoula · Public | MT | 16 | n/a | $64,551 | n/a |
| West Virginia University Morgantown · Public | WV | 16 | $46,977 | $67,372 | $17,618 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 15 | $46,652 | $60,863 | $25,500 |
| University of Maine Orono · Public | ME | 14 | n/a | $64,883 | n/a |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 11 | $43,795 | $57,227 | n/a |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 10 | n/a | $70,389 | n/a |
| New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas · Public | NM | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Arkansas at Monticello Monticello · Public | AR | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham · Public | NH | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths · Private nonprofit | NY | 8 | $51,465 | $51,162 | $23,741 |
| Salish Kootenai College Pablo · Public | MT | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 6 | n/a | $51,360 | n/a |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln · Public | NE | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge · Public | LA | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 4 | n/a | $83,105 | n/a |
| The University of the South Sewanee · Private nonprofit | TN | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Alabama A & M University Normal · Public | AL | 0 | n/a | $65,101 | n/a |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend · Public | OR | 0 | n/a | $83,105 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DuBois · Public | PA | 0 | $46,652 | $60,863 | $25,500 |
Quick facts: Forestry
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Forestry?
- The College Scorecard lists 48 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Forestry.
- How much do Forestry graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $46,797 one year after graduation (24 institutions reporting) and $63,583 five years after graduation (33 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Forestry graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: North Carolina State University at Raleigh ($91,156), Oregon State University ($83,105), California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt ($75,667), California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ($75,610), and University of Nevada-Reno ($74,902).
- How much student debt do Forestry graduates have?
- The median institution's Forestry graduates leave with $20,500 in federal student loans (25 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Forestry degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (99), North Carolina State University at Raleigh (86), University of Florida (66), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (60), and Stephen F Austin State University (58).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Forestry (CIP code 03.05), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.