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Natural Resources Conservation at Colby College

Natural Resources Conservation at Colby College

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 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.

Colby Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Colby Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Colby 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 34
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Science 35
Environmental Studies 11

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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 440 $67,390
Foresters 110 $52,850
Conservation Scientists 90 $61,970
Environmental Science Professors 50 $66,830

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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