Natural Resources & Conservation at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211.

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.

NKU Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

NKU Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at NKU 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 NKU

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

NKU Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% 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 NKU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in natural resources & conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

The following natural resources & conservation concentations are available at Northern Kentucky University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Kentucky University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	14

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	7,830	$45,600
Firefighters	4,240	$33,520
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,480	$65,430
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	1,320	$19,620

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.