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Natural Resources Conservation at Purdue University - Main Campus

Natural Resources Conservation at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 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.

Purdue Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Conservation (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Purdue Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Purdue 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 Purdue

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

Purdue Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Purdue are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 24
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

The following conservation concentations are available at Purdue University - Main Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources/Conservation, General 40

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 850 $62,590
Conservation Scientists 230 $63,320
Foresters 80 $47,070

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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