Natural Resources Conservation at University of Illinois at Springfield

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

UIS is located in Springfield, Illinois and has a total student population of 4,146. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 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.

UIS Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conservation

UIS Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Conservation Student Demographics at UIS

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

UIS Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students graduated with a master's degree in conservation from UIS. About 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in conservation each year. UIS does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from UIS, 79% 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 21% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Springfield.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Conservation Scientists	630	$63,840
Foresters	150	$68,570
Environmental Science Professors	130	$90,820

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.