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2023 Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in California

29 Colleges
$36,789 Avg Salary
$19,882 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation School for You

Natural Resources & Conservation is the #23 most popular major in California with 512 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Natural Resources & Conservation program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges.

Our analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the most popular school for natural resources and conservation students who want to pursue a degree in California. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Santa Barbara is a great place for natural resources and conservation students. UCSB is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 29 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Humboldt State University is a great place for natural resources and conservation students. Located in the town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#5

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of San Francisco is a great place for natural resources and conservation students. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in California list. Located in the midsize suburb of Monterey, Middlebury Institute is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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University of Southern California came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Santa Cruz ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in California list. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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California State University - Fullerton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for natural resources and conservation students. It came in at #9 on the list. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

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University of California - Davis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in California ranking. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 130
Oregon 297
Nevada 5
Hawaii 36
Alaska 22

Natural Resources & Conservation Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 3,724
Natural Resource Management 1,073
Forestry 486
Wildlife Management 323
Fisheries Sciences 106
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 32

Majors Similar to Natural Resources & Conservation

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 29 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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