The main focus area for this major is Forest Management/Forest Resources Management. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Forestry is a major offered under the natural resources and conservation program of study at The University of Montana. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in forestry, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UM was ranked #47 on College Factual's Best Schools for forestry list. It is also ranked #1 in Montana.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UM paid an average of $1,047 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $223 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,352 | $25,106 |
Fees | $2,078 | $2,150 |
Books and Supplies | $1,100 | $1,100 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,154 | $10,154 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,592 | $3,592 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UM in Forestry walked away with an average of $18,750 in student debt. That is 15% lower than the national average of $22,032.
The median early career salary of forestry students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UM is $33,281 per year. That is 10% lower than the national average of $36,974.
Online degrees for the UM forestry bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UM Online Learning page.
Women made up around 7.1% of the forestry students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 27.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 7.1% of the forestry bachelor’s degrees at UM in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 13%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 13 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Forestry students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Forest Management/Forest Resources Management | 14 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Natural Resources Conservation | 48 |
Natural Resource Management | 10 |
Wildlife Management | 54 |
*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.