Natural Resources Conservation at Central Michigan University

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at Central Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and has a total student population of 17,311. In 2021, 39 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Central Michigan.

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.

Central Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Doctorate Degree in Conservation

Central Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Central Michigan 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 Central Michigan 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	128

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from Central Michigan Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Central Michigan is $24,559. This is less than $31,602, which is the national average of all conservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Conservation Student Demographics at Central Michigan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Central Michigan University.

Central Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Central Michigan in 2020-2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Central Michigan since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Central Michigan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Michigan University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Central Michigan also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management

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 MI, the home state for Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,780	$69,430
Conservation Scientists	370	$63,460
Foresters	290	$66,630
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	40	$95,920

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 cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.