Natural Resource Management at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

URI Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Resource Management (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management
• Master’s Degree in Resource Management

URI Natural Resource Management Rankings

The resource management major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Natural Resource Management. 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.

Resource Management Student Demographics at URI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at University of Rhode Island.

URI Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of resource management bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

URI Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of resource management master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

Of the students who received a resource management master's degree from URI, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Rhode Island with a master's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Natural Resource Management

The following resource management concentations are available at University of Rhode Island. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Rhode Island. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental/Natural Resource Economics	29
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	20

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Natural Resources Conservation
• Wildlife Management

Careers That Resource Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in resource management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	1,850	$60,890
Firefighters	1,330	$55,240
Managers	830	$114,660
Police and Detective Supervisors	770	$83,830
Fire Fighting Supervisors	640	$68,550

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.