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 Washington University in St Louis. 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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for conservation majors, WUSTL came in at #16. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Missouri.
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Part-time undergraduates at WUSTL paid an average of $2,346 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. 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 | $56,300 | $56,300 |
Fees | $593 | $593 |
Books and Supplies | $1,144 | $1,144 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,402 | $17,402 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,654 | $3,654 |
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conservation who receive their bachelor’s degree from WUSTL make an average of $39,369 a year during the early days of their career. That is 30% higher than the national average of $30,240.
WUSTL does not offer an online option for its conservation bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WUSTL Online Learning page.
About 60.0% of the students who received their BS in conservation in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 59.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 40.0% of the conservation bachelor’s degrees at WUSTL in 2019-2020. This is higher 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 | 3 |
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 Science | 5 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Natural Resource Management | 17 |
*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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