Natural Resources Conservation at Shenandoah University

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

Shenandoah is located in Winchester, Virginia and approximately 4,174 students attend the school each year. Of the 567 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Shenandoah University in 2021, 9 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.

Shenandoah Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Shenandoah Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah 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
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	371

Conservation Student Demographics at Shenandoah

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

Shenandoah Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from Shenandoah. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Shenandoah since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Shenandoah 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 VA, the home state for Shenandoah University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Conservation Scientists	600	$75,370
Foresters	280	$59,940

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 Shenandoah Office of Marketing and Communications under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.