Natural Resource Management at The University of Montana

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

UM is located in Missoula, Montana and has a total student population of 9,808. Of the 1,365 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Montana in 2021, 21 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.

UM Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management
• Master’s Degree in Resource Management

UM Natural Resource Management Rankings

The resource management major at UM 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.

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in resource management from UM. This is the #40 most popular school for resource management master’s degree candidates in the country.

Resource Management Student Demographics at UM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at The University of Montana.

UM Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resource Management from UM in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at UM 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 Montana with a bachelor's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UM Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student graduated with a bachelor's degree in resource management from UM.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Montana with a master's in resource management.

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

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

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation (Other)
• Forestry
• Wildlife Management
• Natural Resources Conservation

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 MT, the home state for The University of Montana.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	1,630	$56,230
Managers	1,100	$76,990
Firefighters	760	$49,230
Conservation Scientists	570	$64,480
Police and Detective Supervisors	330	$73,820

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 Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.