Forestry at Duke University

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

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 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.

Duke Forestry Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Forestry

Duke Forestry Rankings

Forestry Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Forestry Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a master’s in forestry from Duke in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from Duke, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke 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	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• 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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	620	$60,510
Forest and Conservation Technicians	550	$40,700
Conservation Scientists	390	$61,780
Foresters	370	$63,610
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	90	$64,120

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.