Natural Resource Management at Michigan State University

If you plan to study natural resource management, take a look at what Michigan State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

Michigan State Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management
• Master’s Degree in Resource Management

Michigan State Natural Resource Management Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in resource management, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Resource Management Student Demographics at Michigan State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at Michigan State University.

Michigan State Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of resource management master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Of the students who received a resource management master's degree from Michigan State, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the resource management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Michigan State University with a master's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Natural Resource Management

The following resource management concentations are available at Michigan State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Michigan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	19
Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism	2

Related Majors

• Forestry
• Wildlife Management

Careers That Resource Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in resource management 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 Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	16,270	$56,270
Firefighters	6,640	$45,440
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	4,010	$25,160
Police and Detective Supervisors	2,380	$80,060

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.