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 University of California - Los Angeles. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in conservation, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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BS in Environmental Science - Natural Resources & Conservation
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BS in Geosciences - Natural Resources Conservation
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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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for conservation majors, UCLA came in at #10. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #2 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCLA.
The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $1,807 | $1,807 |
Books and Supplies | $1,314 | $1,314 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,599 | $17,599 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,625 | $4,625 |
Learn more about UCLA tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Conservation students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCLA took out an average of $13,347 in student loans. That is 42% lower than the national average of $23,094.
The median early career salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCLA is $44,737 per year. That is 48% higher than the national average of $30,240.
Online degrees for the UCLA 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 UCLA Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in conservation in 2019-2020, 77.3% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 59.0%.
Around 61.3% of conservation bachelor’s degree recipients at UCLA in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 25%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 24 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 24 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
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 | 75 |
*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.