Natural Resource Management at Oregon State University

If you are interested in studying natural resource management, you may want to check out the program at Oregon State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and has a total student population of 32,312. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 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.

Oregon State Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Resource Management

Online Classes Are Available at Oregon State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Oregon State does offer online courses in resource management for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Oregon State Natural Resource Management Rankings

Resource Management Student Demographics at Oregon State

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

Oregon State Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a master's degree in resource management from Oregon State. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men.

Of the students who received a resource management master's degree from Oregon State, 69% 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 Oregon State University with a master's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation (Other)
• Natural Resources Conservation
• Fisheries Sciences
• 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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	5,390	$70,360
Firefighters	3,410	$66,330
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	1,490	$24,510
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,170	$99,130

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.