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Forestry at Purdue University - Main Campus

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Forestry at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 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.

Purdue Forestry Degrees Available

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

Purdue Forestry Rankings

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Forestry Master’s Program

71% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a master's degree in forestry from Purdue. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men.

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In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus 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 7
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Conservation Scientists 230 $63,320
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors 170 $47,880
Forest and Conservation Technicians 90 $37,980
Foresters 80 $47,070

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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