Natural Resources Conservation at Rice University

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if Rice University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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.

Rice Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Master’s Degree in Conservation

Rice Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Rice 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 Rice

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

Rice Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

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 Rice since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Rice are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

Rice Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of conservation master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in conservation each year. Rice does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 29% more men than average.

In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
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 Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Science	9
Environmental Studies	5

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Conservation Scientists	2,010	$57,990
Environmental Science Professors	280	$88,330
Foresters	180	$64,740
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	100	$87,130

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.