Forestry at University of Nevada - Reno

If you are interested in studying forestry, you may want to check out the program at University of Nevada - Reno. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and has a total student population of 20,722. In 2021, 9 forestry majors received their bachelor's degree from UNR.

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

UNR Forestry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry

UNR Forestry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the forestry progam at UNR compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The forestry major at UNR 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Forestry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
	42

How Much Do Forestry Graduates from UNR Make?

The median salary of forestry students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNR is $33,598. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $38,236 for all forestry students.

Forestry Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Forestry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 forestry majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNR. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at UNR 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 University of Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNR 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
• 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Forest and Conservation Technicians	560	$38,960
Conservation Scientists	210	$61,670
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	130	$46,010
Foresters	30	$64,160

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.