Urban Forestry
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Urban Forestry degree recipients are Baton Rouge, LA, University of California-Davis, CA, and Corvallis, OR. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Urban Forestry degree recipients are Paul Smiths, NY, Bottineau, ND, and Kenosha, WI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Urban Forestry is a associates degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Urban Forestry and the types of students that study this field. Southern University and A & M College awards the most degrees in Urban Forestry in the US, but Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science and Southern University and A & M College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Urban Forestry.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Urban Forestry programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (13 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (45 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Urban Forestry, is Public, 4-year or above (45 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Urban Forestry programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Southern University and A & M College has the most Urban Forestry degree recipients, with 15 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Urban Forestry.
Out of all institutions that offer Urban Forestry programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Urban Forestry, with 3.26%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Urban Forestry by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Urban Forestry.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Natural Resources & Conservation graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Natural Resources & Conservation majors is $73,501 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Natural Resources & Conservation majors is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Not specified manufacturing industries.
The average salary for Natural Resources & Conservation majors is $73,501 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Natural Resources & Conservation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Natural Resources & Conservation majors working as Conservation scientists & foresters, Environmental scientists and specialists, including health, and Biological scientists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Natural Resources & Conservation majors are Physicians, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, and Dentists.
The number of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.39%, from 376,159 in 2020 to 392,663 in 2021.
The largest single share of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates go on to work as Other managers (6.56%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Natural Resources & Conservation by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by average wage, are Not specified manufacturing industries, Oil & gas extraction, and Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies merchant wholesalers.
The number of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.39%, from 376,159 in 2020 to 392,663 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Natural Resources & Conservation graduates by share is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Natural Resources & Conservation.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Natural Resources & Conservation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation is 40.3.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Associates Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Natural Resources & Conservation degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Natural Resources & Conservation (42 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation. The most common ages of employees with this major are 25 and 28 years old, which represent 3.68% and 3.6% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Urban Forestry are Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Natural Resources & Conservation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Urban Forestry.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Urban Forestry for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Associates Degree recipients in Urban Forestry.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Belgium that hold Natural Resources & Conservation degrees (6.6 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (2,503 degree recipients).
