Forestry at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 forestry majors received their bachelor's degree from UK.

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

UK Forestry Degrees Available

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

UK Forestry Rankings

The forestry major at UK 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 UK. This makes it the #19 most popular school for forestry master’s degree candidates in the country.

Forestry Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Forestry Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in forestry from UK. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UK Forestry Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Forestry from UK in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from UK, 80% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UK 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	310	$49,440
Forest and Conservation Technicians	180	$37,620
Conservation Scientists	140	$67,440
Foresters	130	$47,680

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.