Natural Resources & Conservation at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and has a total student population of 20,720.

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.

Illinois State Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Illinois State Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at Illinois State 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 Illinois State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources & conservation majors at Illinois State University.

Illinois State Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% 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 Illinois State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at Illinois State 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in natural resources & conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

Natural Resources & Conservation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Illinois State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	1

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	30,370	$75,720
Firefighters	17,170	$56,710
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	7,270	$24,220
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,000	$104,990
Fire Fighting Supervisors	3,450	$90,860

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 Willjay under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.