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Natural Resources Conservation at Texas Tech University

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Natural Resources Conservation at Texas Tech University

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

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 40,322 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,884 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University in 2021, 64 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.

Texas Tech Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Texas Tech Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

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 Texas Tech 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
87

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in conservation from Texas Tech. This is the #188 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from Texas Tech Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas Tech is $33,605. This is 6% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

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Conservation Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

34% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The conservation program at Texas Tech awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 66% of these degrees went to men with the other 34% going to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Texas Tech are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Texas Tech University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 45
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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

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 Texas Tech 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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