Natural Resources Conservation at California State University - San Marcos

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 - San Marcos stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 16,367 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,749 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - San Marcos in 2021, 52 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.

CSUSM Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

CSUSM Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how CSUSM 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 CSUSM 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 Schools	66
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78
	121
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	162

Earnings of CSUSM Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUSM is $31,705. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUSM since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 - San Marcos with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

CSUSM 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 - San Marcos.

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 Eamuscatuli under License

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