Natural Resources Conservation at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 85 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from NAU.

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.

NAU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Master’s Degree in Conservation

NAU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

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 NAU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	127
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	304

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in conservation from NAU. This makes it the #86 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NAU Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $26,454. This is less than $31,602, which is the national average of all conservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Conservation Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at NAU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	61
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

NAU Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 10 conservation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NAU, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from NAU, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NAU also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• Forestry

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,420	$72,150
Conservation Scientists	270	$71,190

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.