Forestry at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Every forestry school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the forestry program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year.

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

UT Knoxville Forestry Degrees Available

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

UT Knoxville Forestry Rankings

The forestry major at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Forestry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of forestry bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at UT Knoxville are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Knoxville Forestry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 48% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master'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	2

Concentrations Within Forestry

If you plan to be a forestry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Forestry, General	19

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation
• Natural Resource Management
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.