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. In 2021, 46 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Colby.

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	30
	43
	46
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	119
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	198

Earnings of Colby Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colby is $37,156. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 18% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 46 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Colby, about 26% were men and 74% were women.

About 83% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colby 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.