Forestry at Salish Kootenai College

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

SKC is located in Pablo, Montana and has a total student population of 716. In 2021, 3 forestry majors received their bachelor's degree from SKC.

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

SKC Forestry Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Forestry
• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry

SKC Forestry Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The forestry major at SKC 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Forestry Schools	11
Most Focused Forestry Associate Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Forestry Associate Degree Schools	38
Most Popular Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Most Popular Forestry Schools	73

Forestry Student Demographics at SKC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the forestry majors at Salish Kootenai College.

SKC Forestry Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of forestry associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

SKC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in forestry graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Salish Kootenai College with a associate's in forestry.

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

SKC Forestry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 forestry majors earned their bachelor's degree from SKC. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at SKC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Salish Kootenai College with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Wildlife 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 MT, the home state for Salish Kootenai College.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Forest and Conservation Technicians	2,140	$37,100
Conservation Scientists	570	$64,480
Foresters	200	$57,960
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	170	$41,980
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	100	$72,640

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 Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.