Natural Resources & Conservation at College of the Holy Cross

If you are interested in studying natural resources & conservation, you may want to check out the program at College of the Holy Cross. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,970.

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.

Holy Cross Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Holy Cross Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

The natural resources & conservation major at Holy Cross 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.

Natural Resources & Conservation Student Demographics at Holy Cross

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources & conservation majors at College of the Holy Cross.

Holy Cross Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of natural resources & conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical natural resources & conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources & conservation at Holy Cross 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 the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in natural resources & conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation	12

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Natural Resources & Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resources & 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	16,830	$69,870
Firefighters	11,640	$60,080
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Police and Detective Supervisors	4,670	$100,620
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	3,710	$27,940

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.