Natural Resources Conservation at George Mason University

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if George Mason University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from GMU.

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.

GMU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Master’s Degree in Conservation
• Doctorate Degree in Conservation

GMU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how GMU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at GMU 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 Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools	55
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	576

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in conservation from GMU. This makes it the #55 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in conservation, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from GMU Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $34,052. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from GMU. Of these graduates, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at GMU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

GMU Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a master's degree in conservation from GMU. About 79% of these graduates were women and the other 21% were men.

In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GMU also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 7 students 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Conservation Scientists	600	$75,370
Foresters	280	$59,940

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.