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Natural Resources Conservation at Texas Tech University

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.

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 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.

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

36% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

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About 69% 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 1
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 59
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

Natural Resources Conservation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Texas Tech University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources/Conservation, General 64

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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