Natural Resources Conservation at University of Notre Dame

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

Notre Dame is located in Notre Dame, Indiana and has a total student population of 12,809. Of the 2,848 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Notre Dame in 2021, 23 of them were natural resources conservation majors.

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.

Notre Dame Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Notre Dame Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Notre Dame 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 Notre Dame

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

Notre Dame Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from Notre Dame. About 65% of these graduates were women and the other 35% were men.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Notre Dame are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Notre Dame with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Notre Dame 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 IN, the home state for University of Notre Dame.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	850	$62,590
Conservation Scientists	230	$63,320
Foresters	80	$47,070

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 Ssantera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.