Natural Resource Management at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

If you plan to study natural resource management, take a look at what Colorado State University - Fort Collins has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,528 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins in 2021, 73 of them were natural resource management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

Colorado State Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management
• Master’s Degree in Resource Management
• Doctorate Degree in Resource Management

Online Classes Are Available at Colorado State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Colorado State offers distance education options for resource management at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Colorado State Natural Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the resource management progam at Colorado State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The resource management major at Colorado State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Natural Resource Management. 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 Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	5

In 2021, 84 students received their master’s degree in resource management from Colorado State. This makes it the #3 most popular school for resource management master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in resource management, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Resource Management Student Demographics at Colorado State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Colorado State Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in resource management from Colorado State. About 70% were men and 30% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at Colorado State 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	66
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Colorado State Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of resource management master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a master's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	38
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Colorado State also has a doctoral program available in resource management. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Forestry
• Natural Resources Conservation

Careers That Resource Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in resource management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	9,840	$72,950
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Firefighters	5,560	$61,160
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	4,430	$25,330
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,320	$103,500

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.