Natural Resources & Conservation at West Virginia Wesleyan College

If you plan to study natural resources & conservation, take a look at what West Virginia Wesleyan College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

West Virginia Wesleyan is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and has a total student population of 1,066.

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.

West Virginia Wesleyan Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

West Virginia Wesleyan Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at West Virginia Wesleyan 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.

Natural Resources & Conservation Student Demographics at West Virginia Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources & conservation majors at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

West Virginia Wesleyan Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. The typical natural resources & conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at West Virginia Wesleyan since its program graduates 58% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at West Virginia Wesleyan are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its natural resources & conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in natural resources & conservation.

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

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

Natural Resources & Conservation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at West Virginia Wesleyan College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	1

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Natural Resources & Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resources & 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,460	$43,590
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Firefighters	830	$36,820
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	560	$56,380
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	390	$21,270

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 Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.