Natural Resources Conservation at Virginia Tech

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 Virginia Tech stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024. Of the 7,699 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in 2021, 67 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.

Virginia Tech Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Virginia Tech Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Virginia Tech 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.

Earnings of Virginia Tech Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $40,493. This is 28% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	49
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Wildlife Management
• Forestry
• Natural Resource Management

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Conservation Scientists	600	$75,370
Foresters	280	$59,940

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.