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Natural Resources Conservation at Boston College

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Natural Resources Conservation at Boston College

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at Boston College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Boston College.

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.

Boston College Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Boston College Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Boston College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Boston College 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
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools 28
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools 110

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from Boston College Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Boston College is $39,874. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 26% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

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Conservation Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 39 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in conservation from Boston College in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

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About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Boston College are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 21
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Boston College 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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,950 $82,580
Conservation Scientists 400 $72,200
Environmental Science Professors 380 $89,000
Foresters 100 $76,810

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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