You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in forest engineering. It is ranked #354 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
There was only one school in the United States to review for the 2025 Best Forest Engineering Schools ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Forest Engineering Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Forest Engineering in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the forest engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Oregon State University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in forest engineering. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who receive their degree from the forest engineering program make an average of $51,279 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
