Natural Resources Conservation at Eastern Michigan University

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 Eastern Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has a total student population of 16,294. In 2021, 19 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Eastern 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.

Eastern Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Eastern Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern 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 Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	617

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from Eastern Michigan Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eastern Michigan is $27,513. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Eastern Michigan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Eastern Michigan 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 MI, the home state for Eastern 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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.