Natural Resources Conservation at Augustana College

If you plan to study natural resources conservation, take a look at what Augustana College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and approximately 2,389 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Augustana.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resources Conservation section at the bottom of this page.

Augustana Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Augustana Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Augustana performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Augustana is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Natural Resources Conservation. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	82
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	178
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	256

Earnings of Augustana Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Augustana is $34,394. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at Augustana

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Augustana College.

Augustana Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Augustana in 2020-2021, 35% were men and 65% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Augustana are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Augustana College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Augustana also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in conservation can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Augustana College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Conservation Scientists	630	$63,840
Foresters	150	$68,570
Environmental Science Professors	130	$90,820

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.