The 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in conservation, such as diversity 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 MSU Denver was ranked #267 on College Factual's Best Schools for conservation list. It is also ranked #6 in Colorado.
Here are some of the other rankings for MSU Denver.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at MSU Denver paid an average of $750 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $241 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,236 | $22,510 |
Fees | $1,457 | $1,457 |
Books and Supplies | $1,400 | $1,400 |
Learn more about MSU Denver 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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at MSU Denver in Conservation walked away with an average of $31,737 in student debt. That is 37% higher than the national average of $23,094.
conservation who receive their bachelor’s degree from MSU Denver make an average of $40,855 a year during the early days of their career. That is 35% higher than the national average of $30,240.
Online degrees for the MSU Denver 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 MSU Denver Online Learning page.
About 42.2% of the students who received their BS in conservation in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 59.0%.
Around 24.4% of conservation bachelor’s degree recipients at MSU Denver in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 25%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 33 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Natural Resources Conservation students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Environmental Science | 45 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Natural Resource Management | 2 |
*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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