Natural Resources Conservation at Sonoma State University

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

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and approximately 8,018 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from SSU.

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.

SSU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

SSU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at SSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 SSU 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
	55
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	127
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	190

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from SSU Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at SSU is $36,533. This is 16% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at SSU

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

SSU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SSU, about 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at SSU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SSU 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 CA, the home state for Sonoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840
Foresters	430	$80,030
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.