Forestry at New Mexico Highlands University

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

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and has a total student population of 2,777. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in forestry from New Mexico Highlands 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.

New Mexico Highlands University Forestry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry

New Mexico Highlands University Forestry Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The forestry major at New Mexico Highlands 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 Schools	61

Forestry Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the forestry majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Forestry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 forestry students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from New Mexico Highlands University, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 59% 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 New Mexico Highlands University with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Natural Resource 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Forest and Conservation Technicians	1,050	$37,480
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	250	$40,540
Conservation Scientists	220	$68,710
Foresters	90	$52,740

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.