Forestry at West Virginia University

If you are interested in studying forestry, you may want to check out the program at West Virginia University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

WVU Forestry Degrees Available

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

WVU Forestry Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Forestry Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Forestry from WVU in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from WVU, 75% 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 West Virginia University with a master's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Conservation Scientists	180	$50,210
Foresters	100	$57,640
Forest and Conservation Technicians	80	$41,100
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	70	$45,520

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.