Natural Resource Management at University of Maryland - College Park

What traits are you looking for in a resource management school? To help you decide if University of Maryland - College Park is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's resource management program.

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

UMCP Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Resource Management

UMCP Natural Resource Management Rankings

Resource Management Student Demographics at UMCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at University of Maryland - College Park.

UMCP Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of resource management master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

In the resource management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Natural Resource Management

The following resource management concentations are available at University of Maryland - College Park. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Maryland - College Park. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Land Use Planning & Management/Development	16

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation

Careers That Resource Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in resource management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	12,650	$68,230
Firefighters	4,140	$61,780
Police and Detective Supervisors	4,080	$93,820
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	2,830	$22,650

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.