You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in natural resources & conservation. It is ranked #25 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in Nevada to review for the 2025 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Nevada ranking.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Nevada list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Natural Resources & Conservation in Nevada
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the natural resources & conservation degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Nevada Schools in Natural Resources & Conservation
University of Nevada - Reno is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in natural resources & conservation. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduating, natural resources & conservation degree recipients usually earn an average of $34,809 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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