Natural Resources Conservation at Stony Brook University

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

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and has a total student population of 26,782. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from SUNY Stony Brook.

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.

SUNY Stony Brook Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

SUNY Stony Brook Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Stony Brook performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at SUNY Stony Brook 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
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	161
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	162

Earnings of SUNY Stony Brook Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Stony Brook is $34,569. This is 9% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in conservation from SUNY Stony Brook. About 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 SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at SUNY Stony Brook are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stony Brook University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SUNY Stony Brook also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management

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 NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Environmental Science Professors	820	$90,160
Foresters	250	$65,620
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	160	$81,450

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 Danski14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.