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Natural Resources Conservation at George Washington University

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Natural Resources Conservation at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 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.

GWU Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Conservation

GWU Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Conservation Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

69% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of conservation master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from GWU, 77% 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 George Washington University with a master's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 10
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,600 $115,190
Foresters 30 $86,790

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*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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