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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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