Forestry programs in West Virginia

4 schools in West Virginia teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in West Virginia

Conservation Scientists in West Virginia earn a median of $69,910 a year across 160 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads to	Median	Jobs in West Virginia
Foresters	$62,550	100
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$54,600	100
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$53,190	70
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$84,450	40

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
Davis & Elkins College Elkins	Associate's degree	—	not published	—
Glenville State University Glenville	Associate's degree	—	not published	3
Potomac State College of West Virginia University Keyser	Associate's degree	—	not published	3
West Virginia University Morgantown	Associate's degree	—	not published	—

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

Email me when these figures change

The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Forestry — nothing else, and nothing in between.

Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.