Natural Resource Management at Northern Arizona University

What traits are you looking for in a resource management school? To help you decide if Northern Arizona University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's resource management program.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received their master's degree in resource management.

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.

NAU Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Resource Management

NAU Natural Resource Management Rankings

Resource Management Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in resource management from NAU. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in resource management each year. NAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

Of the students who received a resource management master's degree from NAU, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the resource management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation
• Forestry

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,320	$64,640
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Firefighters	6,380	$45,150
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,020	$94,120
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	2,430	$24,770

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.