Natural Resources & Conservation at Northland College

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

Northland is located in Ashland, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 570.

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.

Northland Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Northland Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at Northland 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 Northland

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources & conservation majors at Northland College.

Northland Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Northland since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at Northland 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 Northland College with a bachelor's in natural resources & conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

Natural Resources & Conservation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northland College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation (Other)	25
Natural Resources Conservation	10
Forestry	4

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Physical 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 WI, the home state for Northland College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,260	$62,040
Firefighters	9,450	$40,310
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	3,810	$20,810
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,400	$84,980

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 Billertl under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.