Natural Resources Conservation at Upper Iowa University

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if Upper Iowa University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and approximately 3,610 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from UIU.

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.

UIU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

UIU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at UIU 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.

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from UIU Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIU is $30,830. This is less than $31,602, which is the national average of all conservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Conservation Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from UIU in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UIU since its program graduates 32% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UIU 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 Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIU 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 IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Conservation Scientists	590	$56,820
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	550	$74,140
Environmental Science Professors	90	$93,380
Foresters	70	$64,840

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.