Environmental Science at Colby College

12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and has a total student population of 2,155.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental Science section at the bottom of this page.

Colby Environmental Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

Colby Environmental Science Rankings

The bioenvironmental sciences major at Colby is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Science. 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.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

48% Women

12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Environmental Studies

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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
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
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