The main focus area for this major is Environmental Studies. 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 Gonzaga University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in conservation, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, 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 Gonzaga was ranked #72 on College Factual's Best Schools for conservation list. It is also ranked #2 in Washington.
Here are some of the other rankings for Gonzaga.
Part-time undergraduates at Gonzaga paid an average of $1,255 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $46,060 | $46,060 |
Fees | $860 | $860 |
Books and Supplies | $1,196 | $1,196 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,951 | $12,951 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,735 | $3,735 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Gonzaga in Conservation walked away with an average of $20,500 in student debt. That is 11% lower than the national average of $23,094.
The median early career salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga is $32,569 per year. That is 8% higher than the national average of $30,240.
Gonzaga does not offer an online option for its conservation bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Gonzaga Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in conservation in 2019-2020, 62.2% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 59.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 21.6% of the conservation bachelor’s degrees at Gonzaga in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 25%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 29 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Natural Resources Conservation students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Environmental Studies | 37 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.