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 Arkansas. 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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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UARK was ranked #215 on College Factual's Best Schools for conservation list. It is also ranked #1 in Arkansas.
Here are some of the other rankings for UARK.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UARK paid an average of $802 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $252 per credit hour. 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 | $7,568 | $24,056 |
Fees | $1,816 | $1,816 |
Books and Supplies | $1,100 | $1,100 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,330 | $11,330 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,362 | $4,362 |
Learn more about UARK 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 UARK in Conservation walked away with an average of $22,092 in student debt. That is 4% lower than the national average of $23,094.
The median early career salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UARK is $33,459 per year. That is 11% higher than the national average of $30,240.
Online degrees for the UARK 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 UARK Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in conservation in 2019-2020, 58.3% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 59.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 8.3% of the conservation bachelor’s degrees at UARK 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 | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 20 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
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 | 24 |
*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.