Environmental/Natural Resource Economics at University of Rhode Island

If you plan to study environmental/natural resource economics, take a look at what University of Rhode Island has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. In 2021, 29 natural resource economics majors received their bachelor's degree from URI.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental/Natural Resource Economics section at the bottom of this page.

URI Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Natural Resource Economics (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resource Economics

URI Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the natural resource economics progam at URI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The natural resource economics major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

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Natural Resource Economics Student Demographics at URI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resource economics majors at University of Rhode Island.

URI Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Program

The natural resource economics program at URI awarded 29 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resource economics at URI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its natural resource economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Rhode Island with a bachelor's in natural resource economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

URI also has a doctoral program available in natural resource economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Natural Resource Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resource economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Fish and Game Wardens	30	$77,710

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.