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. In 2021, 14 forestry majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville.

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.

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in forestry from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #19 most popular school for forestry master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UT Knoxville Forestry Graduates

The median salary of forestry students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $27,822. This is less than $38,236, which is the national average of all forestry majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 forestry majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 79% were men and 21% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at UT Knoxville are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UT Knoxville Forestry Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 forestry majors earned their master's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from UT Knoxville, 60% 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 20% of degree recipients. That is 4% 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	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Knoxville 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
• 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.