Natural Resources Conservation at Illinois Wesleyan University

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

Illinois Wesleyan is located in Bloomington, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,636. Of the 393 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2021, 7 of them were natural resources 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.

Illinois Wesleyan Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Illinois Wesleyan Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Illinois Wesleyan 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 Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	225
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	433

Conservation Student Demographics at Illinois Wesleyan

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

Illinois Wesleyan Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in conservation from Illinois Wesleyan in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Illinois Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Illinois Wesleyan also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student 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 IL, the home state for Illinois Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Conservation Scientists	630	$63,840
Foresters	150	$68,570
Environmental Science Professors	130	$90,820

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 Republicofjosh01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.