Forestry at Michigan State University

What traits are you looking for in a forestry school? To help you decide if Michigan State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's forestry program.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 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.

Michigan State Forestry Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Michigan State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Michigan State offers distance education options for forestry at the following degree levels:

Michigan State 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 Michigan State

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

Michigan State Forestry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 36% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Conservation Scientists	370	$63,460
Forest and Conservation Technicians	320	$38,350
Foresters	290	$66,630
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	280	$50,060
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	40	$95,920

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.