Natural Resource Management at Virginia Tech

What traits are you looking for in a resource management school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's resource management program.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 resource management majors received their bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management
• Master’s Degree in Resource Management

Virginia Tech Natural Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the resource management progam at Virginia Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The resource management major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Natural Resource Management. 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
	3
Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	3
	4
Most Popular Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29

In 2021, 72 students received their master’s degree in resource management from Virginia Tech. This makes it the #4 most popular school for resource management master’s degree candidates in the country.

Resource Management Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 resource management majors earned their bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at Virginia Tech are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its resource management bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Virginia Tech Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 72 students graduated with a master's degree in resource management from Virginia Tech. About 44% were men and 56% were women.

Of the students who received a resource management master's degree from Virginia Tech, 76% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the resource management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 19% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in resource management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Wildlife Management
• Natural Resources Conservation
• Forestry

Careers That Resource Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in resource management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	18,080	$56,710
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Firefighters	10,160	$51,510
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,000	$94,120
Fire Fighting Supervisors	2,070	$83,440

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.