Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism

Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism programs prepare individuals to plan, develop, and manage tourism in a natural resource setting, with an emphasis on applying environmentally sound, culturally sensitive, and economically sustainable principles. Includes instruction in environmental studies; natural resource management and interpretation; tourism planning, management, and policies; public land use management and policies; communications; marketing; and public relations.

While Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism has degrees up to the Postbaccalaureate certificate, most students earn a Bachelors degree. Students study Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism all around the US, though the major at the Masters degree level sees the most graduates in Colorado. The average annual income for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism is $39,500.