Forestry at Sewanee - The University of the South

If you are interested in studying forestry, you may want to check out the program at Sewanee - The University of the South. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Sewanee is located in Sewanee, Tennessee and has a total student population of 1,800. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in forestry from Sewanee.

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

Sewanee Forestry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry

Sewanee Forestry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks forestry programs across the country. The following shows how Sewanee 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 Sewanee 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	10
Most Popular Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Most Popular Forestry Schools	64

Forestry Student Demographics at Sewanee

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the forestry majors at Sewanee - The University of the South.

Sewanee Forestry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of forestry bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at Sewanee are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Sewanee - The University of the South with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation

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 TN, the home state for Sewanee - The University of the South.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Forest and Conservation Technicians	320	$38,120
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	240	$45,460
Foresters	180	$55,610
Conservation Scientists	140	$68,440

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 Uncited photographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.