Natural Resources Conservation at University of Utah

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 students attend the school each year.

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.

U of U Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

U of U Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at U of U 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 U of U

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

U of U Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

46% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at U of U since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at U of U are white. This is below 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 Utah with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

Natural Resources Conservation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Utah. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies	98

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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	830	$68,480
Conservation Scientists	260	$63,720
Environmental Science Professors	100	$90,680

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
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