Natural Resources & Conservation at Bennington College

What traits are you looking for in a natural resources & conservation school? To help you decide if Bennington College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's natural resources & conservation program.

Bennington is located in Bennington, Vermont and approximately 799 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resources & Conservation section at the bottom of this page.

Bennington Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Bennington Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at Bennington is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Natural Resources & Conservation. 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.

Natural Resources & Conservation Student Demographics at Bennington

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources & conservation majors at Bennington College.

Bennington Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical natural resources & conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Bennington since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at Bennington are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its natural resources & conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bennington College with a bachelor's in natural resources & conservation.

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

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

The following natural resources & conservation concentations are available at Bennington College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bennington College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	8

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Architecture & Related Services
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Natural Resources & Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resources & conservation can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VT, the home state for Bennington College.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	1,280	$52,940
Managers	570	$105,950
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	380	$66,440
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	320	$25,760
Police and Detective Supervisors	170	$92,680

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 Jared C. Benedict. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.