Natural Resource Management at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Every natural resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the resource management program at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 22,440. In 2021, 102 resource management majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Natural Resource Management Rankings

The resource management major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Natural Resource Management. 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.

Earnings of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Resource Management Graduates

The median salary of resource management students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $31,009. This is less than $32,505, which is the national average of all resource management majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Resource Management Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 102 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in resource management from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. About 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its resource management bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in resource management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation
• Forestry

Careers That Resource Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in resource management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	72,680	$101,380
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Firefighters	32,910	$81,580
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	15,390	$34,430
Police and Detective Supervisors	4,950	$154,430

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.