Natural Resources Conservation at Seattle University

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at Seattle University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Seattle U is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 7,050 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,446 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Seattle University in 2021, 30 of them were natural resources conservation majors.

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.

Seattle U Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Seattle U Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Seattle U performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Seattle U 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	150
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	222
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	238

Earnings of Seattle U Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Seattle U is $30,376. This is less than $31,602, which is the national average of all conservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Conservation Student Demographics at Seattle U

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

Seattle U Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from Seattle U. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Seattle U since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Seattle U are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Seattle U also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 WA, the home state for Seattle University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,880	$85,090
Conservation Scientists	920	$65,120
Foresters	510	$69,720
Environmental Science Professors	230	$93,820
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	80	$109,820

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.