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Natural Resources Conservation at Rochester Institute of Technology

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Natural Resources Conservation at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

RIT Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Conservation

RIT Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Conservation Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

63% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 8 students who graduated with a master’s in conservation from RIT in 2021, 38% were men and 63% were women.

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Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from RIT, 75% 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 Rochester Institute of Technology with a master's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 4,400 $79,340
Environmental Science Professors 820 $90,160
Foresters 250 $65,620
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors 160 $81,450

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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