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. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 19 of them were forestry majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Forestry

Purdue Forestry Rankings

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Forestry Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Forestry Doctor’s Degree Schools	12

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in forestry from Purdue. This makes it the #7 most popular school for forestry master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Purdue Forestry Graduates

The median salary of forestry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $35,961. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $38,236 for all forestry 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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in forestry from Purdue. About 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at Purdue are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Purdue Forestry Master’s Program

Of the 14 forestry students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in forestry. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.