Forest Management/Forest Resources Management is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #764 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for forest management/forest resources management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 degrees in forest management/forest resources management annually.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Forest Management/Forest Resources Management in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of forest management/forest resources management degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
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).