Natural Resources Conservation at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 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.

USC Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conservation

USC Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Conservation Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students graduated with a master's degree in conservation from USC. About 41% were men and 59% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in conservation each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	9
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 Southern California.

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.