Natural Resources Conservation at College of Saint Benedict

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

CSB is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota and approximately 1,668 students attend the school each year. Of the 487 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of Saint Benedict in 2021, 16 of them were natural resources conservation majors.

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.

CSB Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

CSB Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at CSB 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 CSB 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	100
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	261

Conservation Student Demographics at CSB

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

CSB Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from CSB. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at CSB 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 College of Saint Benedict with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CSB 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 MN, the home state for College of Saint Benedict.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,780	$74,880
Foresters	390	$64,330
Conservation Scientists	390	$72,650
Environmental Science Professors	100	$100,840

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.