Natural Resources Conservation at Kent State University at Kent

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

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and has a total student population of 26,822. Of the 5,120 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University at Kent in 2021, 55 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.

Kent State Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Kent State Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Kent State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Kent 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
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Earnings of Kent State Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Kent State is $25,210. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at Kent State

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

Kent State Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Kent 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 Kent State University at Kent with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	47
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Kent State 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 OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,000	$74,750
Conservation Scientists	740	$55,550
Foresters	200	$61,990
Environmental Science Professors	120	$102,570

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.