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 Central Arkansas. 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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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 UCA was ranked #285 on College Factual's Best Schools for conservation list. It is also ranked #2 in Arkansas.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCA.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UCA paid an average of $454 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $227 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 | $6,810 | $13,620 |
Fees | $2,528 | $2,528 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $7,554 | $7,554 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,851 | $3,851 |
Learn more about UCA 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 UCA took out an average of $25,000 in student loans. That is 8% higher than the national average of $23,094.
The median early career salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCA is $32,391 per year. That is 7% higher than the national average of $30,240.
Online degrees for the UCA 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 UCA Online Learning page.
About 54.5% of the students who received their BS in conservation in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 59.0%.
None of the conservation bachelor’s degree recipients at UCA in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 11 |
International Students | 0 |
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 | 11 |
*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.