Forestry at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655.

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

Purdue Forestry Degrees Available

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

Purdue Forestry Rankings

The forestry major at Purdue 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 Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the forestry majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Forestry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of forestry bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue Forestry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from Purdue, 54% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Forestry

The following forestry concentations are available at Purdue University - Main Campus. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Purdue University - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Forest Sciences & Biology	24
Forestry, General	18
Wood Science & Wood Products/Pulp & Paper Technology	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation
• Fisheries Sciences

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Conservation Scientists	230	$63,320
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	170	$47,880
Forest and Conservation Technicians	90	$37,980
Foresters	80	$47,070

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 Abhijitsathe under License

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