Forestry at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 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.

UGA Forestry Degrees Available

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

UGA Forestry Rankings

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Forestry Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students graduated with a master's degree in forestry from UGA. About 64% were men and 36% were women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from UGA, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	37
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	770	$50,150
Foresters	340	$54,590
Conservation Scientists	250	$69,390
Forest and Conservation Technicians	160	$45,880
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	120	$88,570

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.