Forestry at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and approximately 11,126 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 forestry majors received their bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech.

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

Louisiana Tech Forestry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry

Louisiana Tech Forestry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the forestry progam at Louisiana Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The forestry major at Louisiana Tech 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
Best Value Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Forestry Schools	39

How Much Do Forestry Graduates from Louisiana Tech Make?

The median salary of forestry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Louisiana Tech is $36,884. This is less than $38,236, which is the national average of all forestry majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Forestry Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Forestry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in forestry from Louisiana Tech in 2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at Louisiana Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Conservation Scientists	630	$61,430
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	400	$54,830
Forest and Conservation Technicians	160	$43,890
Foresters	100	$69,890

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.