Natural Resources Conservation at Texas State University

Every natural resources conservation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the conservation program at Texas State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a total student population of 37,812. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 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.

Texas State Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conservation
• Doctorate Degree in Conservation

Texas State Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in conservation, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Conservation Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 conservation majors earned their master's degree from Texas State. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in conservation each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from Texas State, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

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 Resource Management

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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Conservation Scientists	2,010	$57,990
Environmental Science Professors	280	$88,330
Foresters	180	$64,740
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	100	$87,130

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.