Forestry at Auburn University

If you plan to study forestry, take a look at what Auburn University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and approximately 30,737 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received their master's degree in forestry.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Forestry section at the bottom of this page.

Auburn Forestry Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Forestry
• Doctorate Degree in Forestry

Online Classes Are Available at Auburn

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Auburn does offer online courses in forestry for the following degree levels:

Auburn Forestry Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at Auburn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the forestry majors at Auburn University.

Auburn Forestry Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a master's degree in forestry from Auburn. About 40% were men and 60% were women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from Auburn, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Auburn University with a master's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation

Careers That Forestry Grads May Go Into

A degree in forestry can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	370	$63,350
Forest and Conservation Technicians	200	$43,970
Foresters	170	$65,230
Conservation Scientists	130	$59,310
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	50	$90,520

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.