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Natural Resources Conservation at Bennington College

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Natural Resources Conservation at Bennington College

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

Bennington is located in Bennington, Vermont and approximately 799 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Bennington.

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 Conservation

Bennington Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Bennington 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 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools 409
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools 485

Conservation Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The conservation program at Bennington awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Bennington 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 Bennington College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Bennington also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 380 $66,440
Conservation Scientists 90 $55,150
Foresters 80 $65,170

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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