Natural Resources Conservation at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 42 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.

USC Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Master’s Degree in Conservation

USC Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at USC 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.

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in conservation from USC. This makes it the #37 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

Conservation Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 42 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 36% were men and 64% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

USC Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 22 conservation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 41% were men and 59% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in conservation each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USC 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840
Foresters	430	$80,030
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.