Forestry at Bakersfield College

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

Bakersfield College is located in Bakersfield, California and approximately 24,903 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Forestry section at the bottom of this page.

Bakersfield College Forestry Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Forestry

Bakersfield College Forestry Rankings

Forestry Student Demographics at Bakersfield College

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

Bakersfield College Forestry Associate’s Program

31% Women

85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of forestry associate's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

Bakersfield College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in forestry graduates 66% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bakersfield College with a associate's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Forestry

Forestry majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bakersfield College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Forestry, General	10

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 Bakersfield College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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