Environmental Studies at College of the Holy Cross

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study environmental studies, take a look at what College of the Holy Cross has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Environmental Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Holy Cross Environmental Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

Holy Cross Environmental Studies Rankings

The ecosystem studies major at Holy Cross is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Studies. 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.

Ecosystem Studies Student Demographics at Holy Cross

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ecosystem studies majors at College of the Holy Cross.

Holy Cross Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

42% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of ecosystem studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical ecosystem studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ecosystem studies 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 ecosystem studies.

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

Careers That Ecosystem Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ecosystem studies 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,950	$82,580
Environmental Science Professors	380	$89,000

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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