Natural Resources Conservation at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Every natural resources conservation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the conservation program at University of Wisconsin - Platteville stacks up to those at other schools.

UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and approximately 7,547 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.

UW - Platteville Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

UW - Platteville Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at UW - Platteville 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 UW - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Platteville since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UW - Platteville 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 Wisconsin - Platteville with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

If you plan to be a conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Wisconsin - Platteville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Science	5

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation (Other)

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	860	$61,030
Conservation Scientists	670	$65,610
Foresters	460	$55,810
Environmental Science Professors	120	$73,220
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	60	$88,360

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 James Steakley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.