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Natural Resources Conservation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Natural Resources Conservation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501.

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.

RPI Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

RPI Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at RPI 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 RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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 RPI since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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 1
White 3
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

If you plan to be a 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Science 3

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 NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 4,400 $79,340
Environmental Science Professors 820 $90,160
Foresters 250 $65,620
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors 160 $81,450

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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