Natural Resources & Conservation at Marshall University

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

Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and approximately 11,958 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.

Marshall University Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Marshall University Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at Marshall University 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 Marshall University

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

Marshall University Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Marshall University since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at Marshall University 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 Marshall 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	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

If you plan to be a natural resources & conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Marshall University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	22

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering
• 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 WV, the home state for Marshall University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,460	$43,590
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Firefighters	830	$36,820
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	560	$56,380
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	390	$21,270

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.