by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in forest sciences & biology, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of forest sciences & biology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General | 3 | 1,626 |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 3 | 2,739 |
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture | 2 | 769 |
| Ecology | 2 | 1,201 |
| Land Use Planning and Management/Development | 2 | 85 |
| Range Science and Management | 2 | 153 |
| Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management | 2 | 355 |
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management | 2 | 2,419 |
| Conservation Biology | 1 | 592 |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 1 | — |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Forestry, General | 1,181 |
| Forest Technology/Technician | 327 |
| Forest Management/Forest Resources Management | 252 |
| Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician | 95 |
| Urban Forestry | 89 |
| Forestry, Other | 75 |
A specialization within Forestry, forest sciences & biology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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