For forestry programs, students should review the Arkansas Board of Registration for Foresters. The registration or licensure requirements to be a “forester” vary by state, and all states do not require a forester to be registered or licensed. Arkansas, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina Vermont, and West Virginia do require foresters to be registered or licensed. Arkansas currently has reciprocity agreements with Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The terms of reciprocity also require an individual to meet Arkansas’ educational requirements, pass the registered foresters exam, and be registered in good standing in the reciprocating state.  If a forester from Arkansas wants to be registered in one of these states, they must meet similar requirements. 

Students interested in obtaining a forester license outside of Arkansas should check with the applicable state licensing board.  For more information about a specific program, please communicate with the program contact listed below.

For forestry programs, students should review the Arkansas Board of Registration for Foresters. The registration or licensure requirements to be a “forester” vary by state, and all states do not require a forester to be registered or licensed. Arkansas, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina Vermont, and West Virginia do require foresters to be registered or licensed. Arkansas currently has reciprocity agreements with Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The terms of reciprocity also require an individual to meet Arkansas’ educational requirements, pass the registered foresters exam, and be registered in good standing in the reciprocating state.  If a forester from Arkansas wants to be registered in one of these states, they must meet similar requirements. 

Students interested in obtaining a forester license outside of Arkansas should check with the applicable state licensing board.  For more information about a specific program, please communicate with the program contact listed below.

For surveying programs, students should review the Arkansas State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors. For a surveyor to be licensed in any state, they must first take and pass the Fundamentals of Surveying Exam offered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.  After that, they must take an exam in the state in which they wish to be licensed.  In Arkansas, if a surveyor licensed in another state wants to also to be licensed in Arkansas, they apply for Comity licensure.  Requirements for this, from the Arkansas State Board, are:

“(1) Supply proof that you are a PS in good standing in another state or jurisdiction; and
(2) Meet the requirements for original PS licensure in Arkansas’ which were in effect at the time you received your initial PS license.  A summary of Comity Professional Surveyor's Rules – 1967 to present is located on the "Rules/Regs/Standards” link at the top of the page; and
(3) Pass the FS exam; and
(4) Pass the PS exam; and
(5) Pass the Arkansas State Specific Exam.”

Each state sets its own rules for Comity licensure. Students interested in obtaining professional surveyor licensure should check with the applicable state licensing board. 

For more information about a specific program, please communicate with the program contact listed below.