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Natural Resources Conservation at Pacific Lutheran University

Natural Resources Conservation at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 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.

PLU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

PLU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at PLU 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 PLU

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

PLU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at PLU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran 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 11
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

Natural Resources Conservation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pacific Lutheran University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 2,880 $85,090
Conservation Scientists 920 $65,120
Foresters 510 $69,720
Environmental Science Professors 230 $93,820
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors 80 $109,820

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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