Natural Resources & Conservation at Everglades University

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

Everglades U is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 2,247 students attend the school each year. Of the 289 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Everglades University in 2021, 17 of them were natural resources and 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.

Everglades U Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Online Classes Are Available at Everglades U

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.

Everglades U does offer online education options in natural resources and conservation for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Everglades U Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the natural resources and conservation progam at Everglades U 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 natural resources and conservation major at Everglades U 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 Online Natural Resources & Conservation Schools	15
Most Focused Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused Natural Resources & Conservation Schools	114
Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288
Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Schools	358

Natural Resources & Conservation Student Demographics at Everglades U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources and conservation majors at Everglades University.

Everglades U Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The natural resources and conservation program at Everglades U awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 94% of these degrees went to men with the other 6% going to women. The typical natural resources and conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Everglades U since its program graduates 50% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources and conservation at Everglades U are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Everglades U also has a doctoral program available in natural resources and conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

If you plan to be a natural resources and 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 Everglades University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resource Management	17

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies

Careers That Natural Resources & Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resources and 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 FL, the home state for Everglades University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	37,650	$59,610
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Firefighters	22,690	$53,340
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	7,640	$26,690
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,840	$87,850

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 Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.