Best Forestry programs in Michigan, ranked by enrollment
Teach courses in forestry and conservation science.
17 schools in Michigan run programs that feed this job, graduating 535 people a year. The job pays a median of $138,130 in Michigan across about 60 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Michigan that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
11 programs in Michigan that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Michigan (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Michigan page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 03.0101In Michigan → | 282 | 52.7% | 6 | $34,020 | $23,032 |
| 2 | CIP 03.0601In Michigan → | 89 | 16.6% | 2 | $28,750 | $24,798 |
| 3 | CIP 03.0501In Michigan → | 68 | 12.7% | 2 | $42,109 | $21,842 |
| 4 | CIP 13.1316In Michigan → | 46 | 8.6% | 12 | $43,033 | $26,044 |
| 5 | CIP 26.1301In Michigan → | 14 | 2.6% | 2 | $29,460 | $23,480 |
| 6 | CIP 03.0299In Michigan → | 12 | 2.2% | 1 | $37,946 | $24,125 |
| 7 | CIP 03.0201In Michigan → | 8 | 1.5% | 3 | $37,946 | $24,125 |
| 8 | CIP 03.0599In Michigan → | 6 | 1.1% | 1 | $42,109 | $21,842 |
| 9 | CIP 03.0205In Michigan → | 4 | 0.7% | 1 | $37,946 | $24,125 |
| 10 | CIP 03.0206In Michigan → | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | $37,946 | $24,125 |
| 11 | CIP 03.0502In Michigan → | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | $42,109 | $21,842 |
Top 17 schools in Michigan
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 12 of the 17 schools in this state.
All 17 schools in Michigan
Every school in Michigan with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor | Public | 242 | 3 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing | Public | 123 | 5 |
| Michigan Technological University | Houghton | Public | 64 | 5 |
| Grand Valley State University | Allendale | Public | 29 | 2 |
| Central Michigan University | Mount Pleasant | Public | 22 | 3 |
| University of Michigan - Dearborn | Dearborn | Public | 11 | 2 |
| Lake Superior State University | Sault Ste Marie | Public | 10 | 2 |
| Eastern Michigan University | Ypsilanti | Public | 8 | 1 |
| Cornerstone University | Grand Rapids | Private not-for-profit | 7 | 1 |
| Lansing Community College | Lansing | Public | 6 | 1 |
| Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo | Public | 4 | 1 |
| Northern Michigan University | Marquette | Public | 3 | 1 |
| Saginaw Valley State University | University Center | Public | 2 | 1 |
| Adrian College | Adrian | Private not-for-profit | 1 | 1 |
| Bay de Noc Community College | Escanaba | Public | 1 | 1 |
What forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary earn in Michigan
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $101,420. Michigan pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: Michigan employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary page.
How to become a Forestry
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Doctoral or professional degree
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Michigan
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 18 majors mapped to Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary18 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 01.0308Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
- 01.1106Range Science and Management
- 03.0101Natural Resources/Conservation, General
- 03.0201Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General
- 03.0205Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management
- 03.0206Land Use Planning and Management/Development
- 03.0299Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, Other
- 03.0501Forestry, General
- 03.0502Forest Sciences and Biology
- 03.0506Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
- 03.0508Urban Forestry
- 03.0509Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
- 03.0510Forest Resources Production and Management
- 03.0599Forestry, Other
- 03.0601Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
- 03.9999Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
- 13.1316Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
- 26.1301Ecology
Common questions
Answers for people weighing forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary programs in Michigan.
What degree do you need to become a Forestry?+
Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Natural Resources/Conservation, General, which awarded 282 degrees in Michigan in 2024-25, 52.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Forestry?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 11 programs to this occupation. The largest are Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management, Forestry, Teacher Education and Professional Development, plus 2 more. Together they graduate about 535 people a year in Michigan.
How much do forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary earn in Michigan?+
The median is $138,130 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 36.2% above the U.S. median of $101,420. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary growing?+
BLS projects a +4.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Michigan?+
17 institutions in Michigan reported graduates from at least one of the 11 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Professor, Forestry Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-1043.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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