Employment of People Obtaining Undergraduate Degrees from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia
Forestry Placement Report: Senior Exit Interviews 2006-2014
The self-reported status of our forestry graduates, collected at the time of graduation or shortly thereafter, suggests that many began either permanent or temporary employment in the field of forestry (or closely related fields) shortly after graduation.
| Academic Year | |||
|
2013-2014 |
2012-2013 |
2011-2012 |
|
| Permanent employment at the time of graduation | |||
| Forestry and related fields |
44% |
50% |
50% |
| Other |
-- |
6% |
10% |
| Temporary employment at the time of graduation | |||
| Forestry and related fields |
22% |
13% |
10% |
| Other |
-- |
6% |
10% |
| Planning to attend graduate school |
-- |
19% |
10% |
| Unemployed or status unreported by the student |
33% |
6% |
10% |
Continued career tracking indicates that 76% of the people who successfully completed our forestry program between 2011 and 2014 have acquired permanent jobs in the field of forestry or have returned to graduate school to pursue a Master's degree. The jobs obtained include: management forester, land management specialist, urban forester, market analyst, timber production forester, timber procurement forester, and arborist. Graduates have acquired these positions in the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama), as well as Washington State, New York (Manhattan Island), Utah, Maine and elsewhere. Some of the employers of our recent undergraduates include:
| ABC Tree Service Allen's Tree Service American Forest Management Beasley Forest Products CLAW Forestry Foley Land and Timber Forest Resource Consultants ForestTech International Forisk F&W Forestry Georgia Forestry Commission Georgia-Pacific Georgia Power |
Hancock Natural Resources Group Interfor Middle Georgia Timber Newport Timber New York Department of Parks and Recreation Plum Creek Timber Company Rayonier Resource Management Service United Forestry Consultants U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Washington State Department of Natural Resources Westervelt Company |
Another 17% of the people who successfully completed our forestry program between 2011 and 2014 are employed in fields closely aligned with resource management (Boy Scouts of America, City Leisure Services Department, Country Club, etc.), are currently serving in the military, or are employed in education or other service-related industries.
Employment of People Obtaining Masters Degrees in Forestry from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia
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 |