Natural Resources Conservation at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. Of the 3,855 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Rhode Island in 2021, 27 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.

URI Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

URI Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at URI 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 URI 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
	127
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools	188

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

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $32,641. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in conservation from URI. About 78% were men and 22% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 38% more men than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation 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 conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

URI also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Wildlife Management
• Natural Resource Management

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	300	$82,160

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.