Natural Resources Conservation at Calvin University

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

Calvin is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,307. In 2021, 7 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Calvin.

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.

Calvin Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Calvin Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Calvin performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Calvin 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 Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	481

Conservation Student Demographics at Calvin

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

Calvin Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Calvin, about 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Calvin since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Calvin University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

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

Related Majors

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 MI, the home state for Calvin University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,780	$69,430
Conservation Scientists	370	$63,460
Foresters	290	$66,630
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	40	$95,920

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 Romano1246 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.