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Natural Resources Conservation at The University of Alabama

Natural Resources Conservation at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 37,840.

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.

UA Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

UA Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at UA 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 UA

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

UA Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

48% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UA since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 23
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

If you plan to be a conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Alabama. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Science 45

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 840 $67,630
Foresters 170 $65,230
Conservation Scientists 130 $59,310
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors 50 $90,520

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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