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 Plymouth State 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, 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 Plymouth State was ranked #225 on College Factual's Best Schools for conservation list. It is also ranked #5 in New Hampshire.
Here are some of the other rankings for Plymouth State.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Plymouth State was $885 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $495 per credit hour. 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 | $11,870 | $21,280 |
Fees | $2,622 | $2,622 |
Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,580 | $11,580 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,370 | $2,370 |
Learn more about Plymouth 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 Plymouth State took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 17% higher than the national average of $23,094.
The median early career salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Plymouth State is $33,281 per year. That is 10% higher than the national average of $30,240.
Online degrees for the Plymouth 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 Plymouth State Online Learning page.
About 37.5% 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 2.5% of conservation bachelor’s degree recipients at Plymouth State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 25%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 38 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 40 |
*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.