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Natural Resources Conservation at Rider University

Natural Resources Conservation at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,636.

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.

Rider Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Rider Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Rider 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 Rider

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

Rider Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Rider 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 Rider University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rider University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies 9
Environmental Science 2

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 NJ, the home state for Rider University.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 2,670 $80,350
Conservation Scientists 310 $85,360
Environmental Science Professors 160 $103,650
Foresters 30 $76,760

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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