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2023 Most Popular Forestry Schools in North Carolina

5 Colleges
$54,960 Avg Salary
$22,207 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Forestry School for You

Forestry is the #124 most popular major in North Carolina with 150 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Forestry Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Forestry program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Forestry Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular school in North Carolina for forestry students. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

After completing their degree, forestry graduates from NC State carry an average student debt load of $22,207.

Full Forestry at North Carolina State University Report

#2

Wayne Community College

Goldsboro, NC

Out of the 5 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Goldsboro, Wayne Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Haywood Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Haywood Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Clyde.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montgomery Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Forestry Schools in North Carolina list. MCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Troy.

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#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best forestry schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Forestry at Duke University

Best Forestry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Forestry Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 103
Virginia 121
Florida 117
Tennessee 26
Kentucky 14
South Carolina 55
Louisiana 39
Arkansas 28
Alabama 56
Mississippi 82
West Virginia 50

Forestry is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 22,254
Natural Resource Management 2,933
Wildlife Management 2,449
Fisheries Sciences 483
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 151

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bureau of Land Management.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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