Natural Resources Conservation at University of Utah

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. Of the 5,437 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Utah in 2021, 98 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.

U of U Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

U of U Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how U of U performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from U of U Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at U of U is $29,801. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

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

Of the 98 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in conservation from U of U in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at U of U since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at U of U 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 Utah with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	71
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

U of U 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 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
• Image Credit: By University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.