Natural Resources Conservation at Carthage College

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

Carthage is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 2,763. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Carthage.

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.

Carthage Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Carthage Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

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 Carthage 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 Schools	175
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179
	190
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	190
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	383

Earnings of Carthage Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carthage is $27,928. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at Carthage

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

Carthage Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Carthage since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carthage 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 WI, the home state for Carthage College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	860	$61,030
Conservation Scientists	670	$65,610
Foresters	460	$55,810
Environmental Science Professors	120	$73,220
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	60	$88,360

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 Richie Diesterheft under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.