Natural Resources Conservation at California State University - Long Beach

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069. Of the 9,179 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Long Beach in 2021, 55 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.

CSULB Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

CSULB Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

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 CSULB 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 Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	449

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from CSULB Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $29,965. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from CSULB. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 - Long Beach with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

CSULB 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 - Long Beach.

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.