Natural Resources Conservation at The University of Texas at El Paso

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 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.

UTEP Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
Master’s Degree in Conservation

UTEP Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at UTEP 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 UTEP

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

UTEP Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

45% Women

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UTEP since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 The University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UTEP Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

80% Women

80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of conservation master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 54% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Science	25

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 The University of Texas at El Paso.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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