Natural Resources Conservation at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

If you plan to study natural resources conservation, take a look at what University of Michigan - Ann Arbor has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 165 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.

U-M Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

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

U-M 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 U-M

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

U-M Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 165 conservation majors earned their master's degree from U-M. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from U-M, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	89
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,780	$69,430
Conservation Scientists	370	$63,460
Foresters	290	$66,630
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	40	$95,920

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.