Natural Resources Conservation at Metropolitan State University

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

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,934 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University in 2021, 15 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.

Metro State Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Metro State Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Metro 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
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	276

Conservation Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Metro State, about 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Metro 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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,780	$74,880
Foresters	390	$64,330
Conservation Scientists	390	$72,650
Environmental Science Professors	100	$100,840

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 Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.