Natural Resource Management at Sul Ross State University

If you plan to study natural resource management, take a look at what Sul Ross State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Sul Ross is located in Alpine, Texas and approximately 2,345 students attend the school each year. Of the 394 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sul Ross State University in 2021, 18 of them were natural resource management majors.

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.

Sul Ross Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management

Sul Ross Natural Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks resource management programs across the country. The following shows how Sul Ross 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 resource management major at Sul Ross 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
Most Focused Natural Resource Management Schools	15
Most Popular Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Natural Resource Management Schools	41

Resource Management Student Demographics at Sul Ross

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

Sul Ross Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in resource management from Sul Ross in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at Sul Ross 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 Sul Ross State University with a bachelor's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 TX, the home state for Sul Ross State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	60,260	$61,870
Firefighters	29,110	$52,520
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	13,430	$21,450
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,400	$87,840

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 Adavyd under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.