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Natural Resources Conservation at Elon University

Natural Resources Conservation at Elon University

If you plan to study natural resources conservation, take a look at what Elon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and approximately 7,117 students attend the school each year.

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.

Elon Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Elon Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Elon 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at Elon

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

Elon Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Elon 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 Elon University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 24
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

If you plan to be a conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Elon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Science 17
Environmental Studies 5

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 NC, the home state for Elon University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 3,790 $64,850
Conservation Scientists 390 $61,780
Foresters 370 $63,610
Environmental Science Professors 140 $69,130
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors 90 $64,120

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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