Natural Resource Management at South Dakota State University

If you are interested in studying natural resource management, you may want to check out the program at South Dakota State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and approximately 11,405 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 resource management majors received their bachelor's degree from South Dakota State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

South Dakota State Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management

South Dakota State Natural Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks resource management programs across the country. The following shows how South Dakota State 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 resource management major at South Dakota State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Natural Resource Management. 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 Value Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1

Resource Management Student Demographics at South Dakota State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at South Dakota State University.

South Dakota State Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resource Management from South Dakota State in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

South Dakota State also has a doctoral program available in resource management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation
• Wildlife Management

Careers That Resource Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in resource management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	1,770	$48,550
Firefighters	570	$44,710
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	480	$22,150
Managers	370	$99,030
Conservation Scientists	320	$62,390

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.