Natural Resources & Conservation at Ferrum College

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Ferrum College is located in Ferrum, Virginia and approximately 972 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.

Ferrum College Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Ferrum College Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at Ferrum College 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.

Natural Resources & Conservation Student Demographics at Ferrum College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources & conservation majors at Ferrum College.

Ferrum College Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

31% Women

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical natural resources & conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Ferrum College since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at Ferrum College are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its natural resources & conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

The following natural resources & conservation concentations are available at Ferrum College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ferrum College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	14

Careers That Natural Resources & Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resources & 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 VA, the home state for Ferrum College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	18,080	$56,710
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Firefighters	10,160	$51,510
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,000	$94,120

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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