Forestry at Humboldt State University

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

Humboldt State University is located in Arcata, California and approximately 6,612 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.

Humboldt State University Forestry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry

Humboldt State University Forestry Rankings

The forestry major at Humboldt State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Forestry. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Forestry Student Demographics at Humboldt State University

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

Humboldt State University Forestry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of forestry bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Humboldt State University since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at Humboldt State University are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its forestry bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Forestry

If you plan to be a forestry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Humboldt State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Forestry, General	45

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Wildlife 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 CA, the home state for Humboldt State University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Adbar under License

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