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Environmental Studies at Amherst College

Environmental Studies at Amherst College

If you plan to study environmental studies, take a look at what Amherst College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,745.

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

Amherst Environmental Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

Amherst Environmental Studies Rankings

The ecosystem studies major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Studies. 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.

Ecosystem Studies Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ecosystem studies majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of ecosystem studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ecosystem studies at Amherst are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ecosystem studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in ecosystem studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Ecosystem Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ecosystem studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,950 $82,580
Environmental Science Professors 380 $89,000

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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