Natural Resources Conservation at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Every natural resources conservation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the conservation program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311. In 2021, 9 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from UNM.

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.

UNM Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

UNM Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at UNM 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UNM are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNM 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,180	$87,200
Conservation Scientists	220	$68,710
Foresters	90	$52,740

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.