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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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 101 students received a bachelor's degree in forestry from Virginia Tech.

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
  • Doctorate Degree in Forestry

Virginia Tech Forestry Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Forestry Graduate Certificate Schools 9
Most Focused Forestry Master’s Degree Schools 13

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in forestry from Virginia Tech. This makes it the #7 most popular school for forestry master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Virginia Tech Forestry Graduates

The median salary of forestry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $38,479. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $38,236 for all forestry bachelor's degree recipients.

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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

38% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 101 students earned a bachelor's degree in forestry from Virginia Tech. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 62% were men. The typical forestry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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About 82% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 83
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Virginia Tech Forestry Master’s Program

50% Women
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 forestry majors earned their master's degree from Virginia Tech. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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Of the students who received a forestry master's degree from Virginia Tech, 79% 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 Virginia Tech with a master's in forestry.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in forestry. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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