Natural Resources Conservation at Temple University

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

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,572 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Temple University in 2021, 49 of them were natural resources conservation majors.

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.

Temple Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Conservation (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Temple Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Temple 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.

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from Temple Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Temple is $29,508. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Temple in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Temple since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Temple 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 Temple University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Temple 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 PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,050	$74,430
Conservation Scientists	770	$55,200
Foresters	310	$66,170
Environmental Science Professors	250	$93,850

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.