Natural Resources Conservation at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 60 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from UNCA.

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.

UNCA Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

UNCA Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at UNCA 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
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	195
	236

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from UNCA Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNCA is $24,753. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at UNCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of North Carolina at Asheville.

UNCA Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNCA. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UNCA since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UNCA 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	51
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UNCA 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Conservation Scientists	390	$61,780
Foresters	370	$63,610
Environmental Science Professors	140	$69,130
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	90	$64,120

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 Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.