Natural Resources Conservation at West Virginia Wesleyan College

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 West Virginia Wesleyan College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Conservation

West Virginia Wesleyan Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at West Virginia Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the 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 conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at West Virginia Wesleyan since its program graduates 62% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in 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 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its 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 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

If you plan to be a conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Environmental Science	1

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	560	$56,380
Conservation Scientists	180	$50,210
Environmental Science Professors	110	$79,080
Foresters	100	$57,640

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.