Forestry at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Every forestry school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the forestry program at Colorado State University - Fort Collins stacks up to those at other schools.

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 students attend the school each year.

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

Colorado State Forestry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry
• Master’s Degree in Forestry

Colorado State Forestry Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at Colorado State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the forestry majors at Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Colorado State Forestry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Forestry

Forestry majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Forest Sciences & Biology	17

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation
• Natural Resource 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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Conservation Scientists	1,320	$71,170
Forest and Conservation Technicians	1,120	$39,120
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	330	$57,330
Foresters	220	$61,890
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	130	$91,260

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.