Natural Resources Conservation at Southwestern University

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

Southwestern is located in Georgetown, Texas and approximately 1,506 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Southwestern.

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.

Southwestern Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Southwestern Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Southwestern 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 Southwestern 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 Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	82
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	304
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	366

Conservation Student Demographics at Southwestern

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

Southwestern Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Southwestern University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Southwestern 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 TX, the home state for Southwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Conservation Scientists	2,010	$57,990
Environmental Science Professors	280	$88,330
Foresters	180	$64,740
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	100	$87,130

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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.