Natural Resources Conservation at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from WMU.

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.

WMU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

WMU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at WMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at WMU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	174

Conservation Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,780	$69,430
Conservation Scientists	370	$63,460
Foresters	290	$66,630
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	40	$95,920

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.