Natural Resources Conservation at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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

UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and approximately 19,764 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from UNC Greensboro.

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.

UNC Greensboro Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Greensboro

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNC Greensboro offers distance education options for conservation at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNC Greensboro Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at UNC Greensboro 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 UNC Greensboro 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 Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	342
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	608

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in conservation from UNC Greensboro. This is the #188 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

Conservation Student Demographics at UNC Greensboro

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

UNC Greensboro Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNC Greensboro, about 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UNC Greensboro are white. This is typical 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 North Carolina at Greensboro with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNC Greensboro 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 Greensboro.

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 Willthacheerleader18 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.