Natural Resources Conservation at Colgate University

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

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and has a total student population of 3,054. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Colgate.

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.

Colgate Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Colgate Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Colgate 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 Colgate 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	59
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	134

Conservation Student Demographics at Colgate

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

Colgate Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The conservation program at Colgate awarded 39 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 31% of these degrees went to men with the other 69% going to women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Colgate 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 Colgate University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colgate 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 NY, the home state for Colgate University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Environmental Science Professors	820	$90,160
Foresters	250	$65,620
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	160	$81,450

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.