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Forestry Placement Rates

The self-reported status of our forestry graduates, collected by the UGA Career Center at the time of graduation or shortly thereafter, suggests that most began some form of full-time employment in the field of forestry (or closely related fields) shortly after graduation.

 

Academic Year

 

 

2020-2021

2019-2020

2018-2019

2017-2018

Permanent employment at the time of graduation    

 

     

   Forestry and related fields

75%

57%

67%

56%

   Other   

13%

0%

5% 

2%

Part-time employment at the time of graduation

 

     

   Forestry and related fields     

0%

0%

0% 

4%

Planning to attend graduate school         

13%

24%

17%

19%

Unemployed or status unreported by the student  

0%

19%

17%    

19%

 

Some of the employers of our recent undergraduates include:

ACRT: Independent Utility Vegetation Management

Bureau of Land Management

Bartlett Tree Experts

Canfor

Cappstone Energy Group

Davey Resource Group

ECI Consulting

Forest Resource Consultants

Four Rivers

Georgia Forestry Commission

Georgia-Pacific

Georgia Power

Greenbay Packaging

International Paper

National Park Service

New Urban Forestry

Hancock Natural Resources Group

Interfor

Plum Creek Timber Company

Rayfield Tree Care

Rayonier

Southeastern Agri-Business Management

United Forestry Consultants

U.S. Forest Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Westervelt Company

WestRock Company

Weyerhaeuser

Master of Forest Resources

Similar outcomes can be found among graduates of our Master of Forest Resources program.

2020-2021 Career Outcomes

2019-2020 Career Outcomes

2018-2019 Career Outcomes

2017-2018 Career Outcomes

2016-2017 Career Outcomes

2015-2016 Career Outcomes

In addition to the employers noted above, some of our recent Masters degree graduates have acquired positions with the following organizations:

AGSouth

Alfriend & Alfriend

BTG Pactual

Bureau of Land Management

Campbell Global

Dougherty & Dougherty Forestry Services

Forest Investment Associates

Forest2Market

Four Winds Capital

International Paper

LandVest

Lanier Edwards Co.

Larson & McGowin

MeadWestvaco

MetLife

Molpus Woodlands Group

Pollard Lumber

Potlatch

Prudential

Stafford Timberlands

TerraSource

TimberMart-South

TimberVest

US Trust Bank

Weyerhaeuser

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