by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Environmental Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Natural Resources Conservation is a major offered under the natural resources and conservation program of study at California State University - Sacramento. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in conservation, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Sac State was ranked #148 on College Factual's Best Schools for conservation list. It is also ranked #19 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for Sac State.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
| Fees | $1,676 | $1,676 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,096 | $1,096 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $16,134 | $16,134 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,174 | $3,174 |
Learn more about Sac State tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Conservation students who received their bachelor’s degree at Sac State took out an average of $17,000 in student loans. That is 26% lower than the national average of $23,094.
The median early career salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Sac State is $39,249 per year. That is 30% higher than the national average of $30,240.
Online degrees for the Sac State conservation bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Sac State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 62.5% of the conservation students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 59.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in conservation at Sac State in 2019-2020, 37.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 25%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 29 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
Natural Resources Conservation students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 56 |
*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.
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