Natural Resource Management at Virginia Tech

Every natural resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the resource management program at Virginia Tech stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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.

Virginia Tech Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management
• Master’s Degree in Resource Management

Virginia Tech Natural Resource Management Rankings

Resource Management Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a resource management master's degree from Virginia Tech, 69% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the resource management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	65
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Natural Resource Management

Natural Resource Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	130
Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management	1

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Forestry

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	18,080	$56,710
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Firefighters	10,160	$51,510
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,000	$94,120
Fire Fighting Supervisors	2,070	$83,440

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.