Natural Resources Conservation at Shepherd University

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

Shepherd University is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and approximately 3,159 students attend the school each year.

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.

Shepherd University Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Shepherd University Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Shepherd University 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 Shepherd University

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

Shepherd University Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Shepherd University since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Shepherd University are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Shepherd University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Shepherd University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies	13

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 WV, the home state for Shepherd University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	560	$56,380
Conservation Scientists	180	$50,210
Environmental Science Professors	110	$79,080
Foresters	100	$57,640

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 Ecragg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.