Forestry at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 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.

UT Knoxville Forestry Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Forestry

UT Knoxville Forestry Rankings

Forestry Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Forestry Master’s Program

The forestry program at UT Knoxville awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from UT Knoxville, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Forest and Conservation Technicians	320	$38,120
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	240	$45,460
Foresters	180	$55,610
Conservation Scientists	140	$68,440

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.