Natural Resources Conservation at Colorado College

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

Colorado College is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 2,050 students attend the school each year. Of the 517 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colorado College in 2021, 35 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.

Colorado College Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Colorado College Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Colorado College performed in these rankings.

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 Colorado College 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	121
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	148

Conservation Student Demographics at Colorado College

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

Colorado College Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The conservation program at Colorado College awarded 35 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Colorado College 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 Colorado College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Colorado College 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 CO, the home state for Colorado College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,930	$93,010
Conservation Scientists	1,320	$71,170
Foresters	220	$61,890
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	130	$91,260
Environmental Science Professors	130	$69,650

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.