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Forestry at North Carolina State University

Forestry at North Carolina State University

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

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 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.

NC State Forestry Degrees Available

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

NC State Forestry Rankings

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at NC State

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

NC State Forestry Master’s Program

50% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from NC State, 72% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 13
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Forestry

The following forestry concentations are available at North Carolina State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from North Carolina State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Forestry, General 19
Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology 8

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 North Carolina State 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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