Natural Resources & Conservation
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Natural Resources & Conservation degree recipients are Berkeley, CA, Corvallis, OR, and Madison, WI. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Natural Resources & Conservation degree recipients are Paul Smiths, NY, Ely, MN, and Ashland, WI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Natural Resources & Conservation is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Natural Resources & Conservation and the types of students that study this field. University of California-Berkeley awards the most degrees in Natural Resources & Conservation in the US, but Unity College and Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Natural Resources & Conservation.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Natural Resources & Conservation programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (488 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (21,049 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Natural Resources & Conservation, is Public, 4-year or above (21,049 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Natural Resources & Conservation programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of California-Berkeley has the most Natural Resources & Conservation degree recipients, with 616 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Natural Resources & Conservation.
Out of all institutions that offer Natural Resources & Conservation programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Unity College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Natural Resources & Conservation, with 60%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Natural Resources & Conservation by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Natural Resources & Conservation.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Natural Resources & Conservation graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Natural Resources & Conservation majors is $73,501 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Natural Resources & Conservation majors is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Not specified manufacturing industries.
The average salary for Natural Resources & Conservation majors is $73,501 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Natural Resources & Conservation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Natural Resources & Conservation majors working as Conservation scientists & foresters, Environmental scientists and specialists, including health, and Biological scientists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Natural Resources & Conservation majors are Physicians, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, and Dentists.
The number of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.39%, from 376,159 in 2020 to 392,663 in 2021.
The largest single share of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates go on to work as Other managers (6.56%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Natural Resources & Conservation by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by average wage, are Not specified manufacturing industries, Oil & gas extraction, and Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies merchant wholesalers.
The number of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.39%, from 376,159 in 2020 to 392,663 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Natural Resources & Conservation graduates by share is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Natural Resources & Conservation.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Natural Resources & Conservation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation is 40.3.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Natural Resources & Conservation degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Natural Resources & Conservation (21,240 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation. The most common ages of employees with this major are 25 and 28 years old, which represent 3.68% and 3.6% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Natural Resources & Conservation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Natural Resources & Conservation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Natural Resources & Conservation.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Natural Resources & Conservation for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Natural Resources & Conservation.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Belgium that hold Natural Resources & Conservation degrees (6.6 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (2,503 degree recipients).