Natural Resources Conservation at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 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.

UCSB Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

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

UCSB Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in conservation, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Conservation Student Demographics at UCSB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of California - Santa Barbara.

UCSB Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

The conservation program at UCSB awarded 90 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from UCSB, 68% 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 22% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Barbara with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	61
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Barbara.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840
Foresters	430	$80,030
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.