Forestry at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 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.

UF Forestry Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UF

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.

UF does offer online education options in forestry for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UF Forestry Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Forestry Master’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a master's degree in Forestry from UF in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from UF, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 19% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Wildlife Management
• Fisheries Sciences

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Conservation Scientists	1,020	$40,620
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	870	$47,310
Forest and Conservation Technicians	150	$46,050
Foresters	110	$64,190

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.