The 31 colleges that score highest for Forestry on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
31 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 31 of 31 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $48,755 · 66 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $68,965 · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $86,357 · 86 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | Median earnings $64,204 · 99 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $56,754 · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $59,936 (field-wide) · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | Clemson University | SC | Median earnings $63,764 · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $64,704 · 30 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $58,651 · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $57,436 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $77,419 · 40 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Mississippi State University | MS | Median earnings $58,499 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $55,724 · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $54,072 (field-wide) · 15 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $46,986 (field-wide) · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | Median earnings $62,919 · 30 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | ID | Median earnings $64,392 · 31 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Northern Arizona University | AZ | Median earnings $52,191 · 49 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | NY | Median earnings $57,664 · 24 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Iowa State University | IA | Median earnings $52,650 · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | WV | Median earnings $64,568 · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | LA | Median earnings $65,941 · 33 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | IL | Median earnings $50,394 · 35 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | University of Kentucky | KY | Median earnings $51,331 · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Nevada-Reno | NV | Median earnings $51,396 (field-wide) · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | Michigan Technological University | MI | Median earnings $55,912 · 23 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | CA | Median earnings $79,849 · 51 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | WI | Median earnings $55,724 · 60 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Stephen F Austin State University | TX | Median earnings $55,786 · 58 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | University of Maine | ME | Median earnings $56,124 · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | The University of Montana | MT | Median earnings $60,526 · 16 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees |
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