Natural Resources Conservation at Northeastern Illinois University

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

Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,119 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Northeastern Illinois University.

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.

Northeastern Illinois University Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Northeastern Illinois University Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Northeastern Illinois 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	304
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	467

Conservation Student Demographics at Northeastern Illinois University

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

Northeastern Illinois University Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Northeastern Illinois University, about 38% were men and 62% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Northeastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Northeastern Illinois University 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 Northeastern Illinois 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 Serhii under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.