Natural Resources Conservation at Brigham Young University - Provo

If you plan to study natural resources conservation, take a look at what Brigham Young University - Provo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received their master's degree in conservation.

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.

BYU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conservation

BYU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Conservation Student Demographics at BYU

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

BYU Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a master's degree in conservation from BYU. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in conservation each year. BYU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from BYU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Wildlife 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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	830	$68,480
Conservation Scientists	260	$63,720
Environmental Science Professors	100	$90,680

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.