Natural Resources & Conservation at Southern Connecticut State University

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

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 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.

SCSU Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

SCSU Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at SCSU 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.

Natural Resources & Conservation Student Demographics at SCSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources & conservation majors at Southern Connecticut State University.

SCSU Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at SCSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its natural resources & conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in natural resources & conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

The following natural resources & conservation concentations are available at Southern Connecticut State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	13

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Natural Resources & Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resources & 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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	6,450	$71,920
Firefighters	3,140	$63,630
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,900	$97,700
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	1,460	$25,520

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.