Natural Resources Conservation at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from UMCP.

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.

UMCP Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

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

UMCP Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at UMCP 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 Master’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools	63
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	67
	80
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools	112
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	164

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in conservation from UMCP. This makes it the #112 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in conservation, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UMCP Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMCP is $34,497. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at UMCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of Maryland - College Park.

UMCP Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 55 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from UMCP in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UMCP since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UMCP are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UMCP Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a master's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from UMCP in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from UMCP, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMCP also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,560	$77,300
Conservation Scientists	340	$79,070
Environmental Science Professors	170	$79,550
Foresters	50	$64,370

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.