Natural Resources & Conservation at Oakland University

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

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year.

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.

Oakland Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Oakland Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at Oakland 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 Oakland

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

Oakland Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% 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 Oakland since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at Oakland 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 Oakland University with a bachelor's in natural resources & conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

If you plan to be a natural resources & conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oakland University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	23

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Engineering

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 MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	16,270	$56,270
Firefighters	6,640	$45,440
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	4,010	$25,160
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,780	$69,430

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 Brian Gingrich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.