Natural Resources Conservation at William Peace 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 William Peace University stacks up to those at other schools.

WPU is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 830.

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.

WPU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

WPU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at WPU 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 WPU

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

WPU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at WPU since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at WPU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Peace University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

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 William Peace University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies	1

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 NC, the home state for William Peace University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Conservation Scientists	390	$61,780
Foresters	370	$63,610
Environmental Science Professors	140	$69,130
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	90	$64,120

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 Abbylabar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.