Natural Resource Management at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147. In 2021, 13 resource management majors received their bachelor's degree from UGA.

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.

UGA Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Resource Management (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management

UGA Natural Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks resource management programs across the country. The following shows how UGA 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 resource management major at UGA 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Natural Resource Management Schools	17

Resource Management Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 resource management majors earned their bachelor's degree from UGA. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at UGA are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UGA 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
• Wildlife Management
• Forestry

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	22,410	$42,990
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Firefighters	11,280	$38,060
Police and Detective Supervisors	5,840	$66,680
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	2,890	$20,660

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.