Natural Resources Conservation at California State University - Channel Islands

Every natural resources conservation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the conservation program at California State University - Channel Islands stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUCI is located in Camarillo, California and approximately 7,446 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,147 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Channel Islands in 2021, 53 of them were natural resources conservation majors.

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.

CSUCI Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

CSUCI Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at CSUCI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at CSUCI 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
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	100
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	159

Conservation Student Demographics at CSUCI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at California State University - Channel Islands.

CSUCI Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from CSUCI. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUCI since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at CSUCI are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Channel Islands with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CSUCI 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Channel Islands.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840
Foresters	430	$80,030
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 Stephen Schafer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.