Natural Resources Conservation at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 71 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from UTSA.

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.

UTSA Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

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

UTSA Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how UTSA performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at UTSA 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
	111
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	113
Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools	118

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in conservation from UTSA. This makes it the #126 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UTSA Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTSA is $33,473. This is 6% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at UTSA

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

UTSA Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 71 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UTSA, about 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UTSA since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 San Antonio with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	24
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UTSA Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 5 conservation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UTSA, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from UTSA, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 San Antonio.

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
• Image Credit: By BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.