Forestry at Oregon State University

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

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and approximately 32,312 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.

Oregon State Forestry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry
• Master’s Degree in Forestry

Oregon State Forestry Rankings

The forestry major at Oregon State 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at Oregon State

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

Oregon State Forestry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of forestry bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Oregon State since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at Oregon State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Oregon State Forestry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from Oregon State, 71% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Forestry

The following forestry concentations are available at Oregon State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oregon State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology	19
Forestry, Other	17
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management	13
Urban Forestry	12

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation (Other)
• Wildlife Management
• Fisheries Sciences
• Natural Resources Conservation
• 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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Forest and Conservation Technicians	2,580	$40,490
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	800	$49,610
Conservation Scientists	670	$76,790
Foresters	580	$70,660
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	80	$101,530

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.