林业系提供研究生课程，获得林业科学硕士学位和森林资源哲学博士学位。研究领域包括森林经营，森林管理和经济学，森林遗传学，森林水文学和土壤，造林，森林生物特征，森林摄影和遥感，林木和种子生理学，森林采伐和经营以及森林生态学。该部门在密西西比州森林和野生动物研究中心内设有广泛的研究计划。该课程为研究生提供了由经验丰富的老师指导的论文或学位论文研究的多种选择。
The Department of Forestry offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science in forestry and Doctor of Philosophy in forest resources. Specialized areas of study include forest business, forest management and economics, forest genetics, forest hydrology and soils, silviculture, forest biometrics, forest photogrammetry and remote sensing, forest tree and seed physiology, forest harvesting and operations, and forest ecophysiology. The department has an extensive research program within the MSU Forest and Wildlife Research Center. This program provides graduate students with a wide choice of problems for thesis or dissertation research supervised by an experienced faculty member.