Forestry at East Mississippi Community College

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

EMCC is located in Scooba, Mississippi and approximately 3,392 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.

EMCC Forestry Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Forestry

Online Classes Are Available at EMCC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? EMCC offers distance education options for forestry at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

EMCC Forestry Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Forestry Student Demographics at EMCC

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

EMCC Forestry Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of forestry associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in forestry at EMCC are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. EMCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in forestry graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 MS, the home state for East Mississippi Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Conservation Scientists	770	$54,870
Forest and Conservation Technicians	190	$47,400
Foresters	160	$59,900

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.