Natural Resources Conservation at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from UCLA.

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.

UCLA Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Doctorate Degree in Conservation

UCLA Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at UCLA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UCLA 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
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	20
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools	67
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	137

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from UCLA Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCLA is $36,898. This is 17% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at UCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of California - Los Angeles.

UCLA Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The conservation program at UCLA awarded 98 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	35
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 3 students 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840
Foresters	430	$80,030
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.