Forestry at University of California - Berkeley

What traits are you looking for in a forestry school? To help you decide if University of California - Berkeley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's forestry program.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327.

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

UC Berkeley Forestry Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Forestry Rankings

The forestry major at UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the forestry majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Forestry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of forestry bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at UC Berkeley are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UC Berkeley Forestry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from UC Berkeley, 75% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the forestry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Forestry

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Forestry, General	6
Forest Sciences & Biology	5
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management	1

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	6,790	$47,360
Forest and Conservation Technicians	6,770	$41,010
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Foresters	430	$80,030
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.