Natural Resources Conservation at University of Minnesota - Duluth

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

UMN Duluth is located in Duluth, Minnesota and approximately 10,275 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 52 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from UMN Duluth.

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.

UMN Duluth Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

UMN Duluth Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at UMN Duluth 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 UMN Duluth 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
	90
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	101

Earnings of UMN Duluth Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMN Duluth is $33,949. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at UMN Duluth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of Minnesota - Duluth.

UMN Duluth Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The conservation program at UMN Duluth awarded 52 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UMN Duluth since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UMN Duluth are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Minnesota - Duluth with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	46
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UMN Duluth 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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Duluth.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,780	$74,880
Foresters	390	$64,330
Conservation Scientists	390	$72,650
Environmental Science Professors	100	$100,840

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.