Natural Resources Conservation at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from NKU.

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 Conservation

NKU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	524

Conservation Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from NKU. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in 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 conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NKU 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,200	$51,740
Conservation Scientists	140	$67,440
Foresters	130	$47,680

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.