Natural Resources Conservation at Wheeling University

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at Wheeling University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and approximately 857 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Wheeling University.

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.

Wheeling University Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Wheeling University Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Wheeling University performed in these rankings.

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 Wheeling University 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	650
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	817

Conservation Student Demographics at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from Wheeling University.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wheeling University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

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

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 Wheeling University.

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 Ibagli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.