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 University of North Carolina at Wilmington. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in conservation, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UNCW was $1,135 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $336 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $4,719 | $18,548 |
Fees | $2,738 | $2,738 |
The median early career salary of conservation students who receive their master’s degree from UNCW is $35,060 per year. That is 30% lower than the national average of $49,753.
Online degrees for the UNCW conservation master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNCW Online Learning page.
About 78.6% of the students who received their MS in conservation in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 14.3% of the conservation master’s degrees at UNCW in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 18%.
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 | 12 |
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 | 14 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to natural resources conservation.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Natural Resource Management | 2 |
*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.