Forestry at University of California - Berkeley

Every forestry school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the forestry program at University of California - Berkeley stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

UC Berkeley Forestry Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Forestry

UC Berkeley Forestry Rankings

Forestry Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Forestry Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a master's degree in Forestry from UC Berkeley in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 17% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley 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	2

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	6,790	$47,360
Forest and Conservation Technicians	6,770	$41,010
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Foresters	430	$80,030
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.