Forestry at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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

Virginia Tech Forestry Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Forestry Rankings

The forestry major at Virginia Tech 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in forestry, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Forestry Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Forestry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of forestry bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in forestry at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in forestry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	67
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Virginia Tech Forestry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of forestry master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Forestry, General	87
Forest Resources Production & Management	20
Forestry, Other	14

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Wildlife Management
• Natural Resources Conservation
• Natural Resource 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	680	$54,190
Conservation Scientists	600	$75,370
Forest and Conservation Technicians	290	$42,080
Foresters	280	$59,940

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.