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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in forestry from Humboldt State University.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks forestry programs across the country. The following shows how Humboldt State University performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Forestry Schools	14

Earnings of Humboldt State University Forestry Graduates

The median salary of forestry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Humboldt State University is $40,805. This is 7% higher than $38,236, which is the national average for all forestry bachelor's degree recipients.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a bachelor's degree in forestry from Humboldt State University. About 22% of these graduates were women and the other 78% were men.

About 60% 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 17% 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	12
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Humboldt State University also has a doctoral program available in forestry. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.