Career
Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary
Teach forestry and conservation science at a college.
$101,420
Median pay
+2.8%
Job growth, 2025–35
100
Openings a year
Doctoral or professional degree
Typical education
7–8 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics, such as forest resource policy, forest pathology, and mapping.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Supervise students' laboratory or field work.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on people & care, then ideas & analysis?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Instructing, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
7–8 years of education after high school (doctoral or professional degree), for a median of $101,420 a year and 100 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Teaching (by Subject)See the degree →
- Environmental Science and ConservationSee the degree →
- Agroecology and Sustainable AgricultureCIP 01.0308
- Range Science and ManagementCIP 01.1106
- Natural Resources/Conservation, GeneralCIP 03.0101
- Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, GeneralCIP 03.0201
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary$94,980 · +2.7%
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary$98,700 · +2.9%
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary$103,170 · +2.4%
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$84,620 · +7.3%
- Geography Teachers, Postsecondary$97,590 · +2.7%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.