Natural Resources Conservation at California State University - Sacramento

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if California State University - Sacramento is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year. Of the 7,644 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Sacramento in 2021, 57 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.

Sac State Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Sac State Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Sac State 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
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
	33
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	36
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	489

Earnings of Sac State Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $39,231. This is 24% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Sac State, about 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	23
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Sac State 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 - Sacramento.

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 Stickpen under License

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