230 FORESTRY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES 



2. WHAT FORESTRY GRADUATES DO * 



According to a study by Graves and Guise, approximately 80% 

 of the graduates of the professional forestry schools are engaged in 

 some phase of forestry occupations and activities. This compares 

 favorably with other professions. However, forestry is still a rela- 

 tively young profession. In many ways, occupations are expanding 

 and new fields of activity are being developed. Graduates of forestry 

 schools are employed in many more occupations than a decade or 

 more ago. It is likely that the field of employment will expand with 

 the broader conception of the province of forestry in the coming 

 years. 



According to the above authorities, the graduates of forestry 

 schools are employed as follows: 



OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS PERCENTAGE 



U. S. Forest Service 27.4 



Other federal services 5.9 



Forest industries 29.2 



State services 11.1 



Educational institutions 9.3 



Tree and landscape agencies 3.6 



Graduate study 3.2 



County and municipal services 3.0 



Consulting forestry 2.1 



Forestry and trade associations 1.6 



Private estates 1.4 



Foreign services 1.2 



Forest tree nurseries . 1 .0 



Total 100.0 



Annual earnings generally begin at $1800 on graduation, and aver- 

 age incomes of men twenty years after graduation indicate salaries 

 of $4700. Those with advanced degrees such as the master's and 

 doctor's generally receive higher salaries than those with the bache- 

 lor's degree. Those with the master's degree show average incomes 

 of $5500 twenty years after graduation. 



The various emergency conservation and social employment meas- 

 ures inaugurated under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and dis- 

 cussed elsewhere have added very materially to the employment 

 possibilities in forestry. In fact, there has been a great dearth of well- 

 trained, experienced, and skilled foresters for the various technical 



* For an elaboration of this subject see "Forestry Education" by Graves and 

 Guise, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1932. 



