Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Forestry at Virginia Tech

Find Schools Near

Forestry at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. 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.

Virginia Tech Forestry Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Forestry Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Forestry Master’s Program

50% Women
The forestry program at Virginia Tech awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

undefined

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from Virginia Tech, 79% 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 Virginia Tech with a master's in forestry.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors 680 $54,190
Conservation Scientists 600 $75,370
Forest and Conservation Technicians 290 $42,080
Foresters 280 $59,940

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.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.