Environmental Studies at Bates College

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and has a total student population of 1,876.

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.

Bates Environmental Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

Bates Environmental Studies Rankings

The ecosystem studies major at Bates 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 Bates

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

Bates Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

57% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of ecosystem studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical ecosystem studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ecosystem studies at Bates are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	36
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	440	$67,390
Environmental Science Professors	50	$66,830

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
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