Natural Resources Conservation at Nevada State College

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at Nevada State College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NSC is located in Henderson, Nevada and has a total student population of 7,289. Of the 778 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nevada State College in 2021, 5 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.

NSC Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

NSC Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how NSC 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 NSC 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	394
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	491
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	491
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	576

Conservation Student Demographics at NSC

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

NSC Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from NSC in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at NSC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Nevada State College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NSC 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 NV, the home state for Nevada State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	580	$63,920
Conservation Scientists	210	$61,670
Environmental Science Professors	70	$84,810
Foresters	30	$64,160

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.