Natural Resources Conservation at Southern New Hampshire University

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at Southern New Hampshire University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 134,345. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 303 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from SNHU.

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.

SNHU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

SNHU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at SNHU 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 Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	7

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from SNHU Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at SNHU is $39,593. This is 25% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at SNHU

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

SNHU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 303 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from SNHU in 2020-2021, 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 SNHU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at SNHU 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 Southern New Hampshire University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	244
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

SNHU 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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	360	$75,520
Environmental Science Professors	180	$85,380
Foresters	110	$64,920
Conservation Scientists	60	$72,160

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.