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Natural Resources Conservation at Oakland University

Natural Resources Conservation at Oakland University

Every natural resources conservation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the conservation program at Oakland University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Conservation

Oakland Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in 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 conservation.

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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

The following conservation concentations are available at Oakland University. 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
Environmental Science 23

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 MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 2,780 $69,430
Conservation Scientists 370 $63,460
Foresters 290 $66,630
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors 40 $95,920

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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