Forestry at Clemson University

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

Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and has a total student population of 26,406. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

Clemson Forestry Degrees Available

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

Clemson Forestry Rankings

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at Clemson

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

Clemson Forestry Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a master's degree in Forestry from Clemson in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from Clemson, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 17% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Wildlife Management

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 SC, the home state for Clemson University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	470	$58,270
Conservation Scientists	250	$56,220
Forest and Conservation Technicians	210	$45,500
Foresters	200	$61,430

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 hager.angie under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.