Natural Resources & Conservation at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study natural resources & conservation, take a look at what The University of Texas at El Paso has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year.

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.

UTEP Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation
• Master’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

UTEP Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

Natural Resources & Conservation Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources & conservation majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of natural resources & conservation master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

In the natural resources & conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 56% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in natural resources & conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

If you plan to be a natural resources & conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	3

Related Majors

• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering

Careers That Natural Resources & Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resources & 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 The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	60,260	$61,870
Firefighters	29,110	$52,520
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	13,430	$21,450
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,400	$87,840

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 Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.