Forestry at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

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

SIUC Forestry Degrees Available

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

SIUC Forestry Rankings

The forestry major at SIUC 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.

Forestry Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the forestry majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Forestry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of forestry bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 97% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC Forestry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from SIUC, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Forestry

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Forestry, General	41

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Conservation Scientists	630	$63,840
Forest and Conservation Technicians	590	$46,650
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	160	$49,190
Foresters	150	$68,570

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.