Natural Resources Conservation at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study natural resources conservation, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Columbia.

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.

Columbia Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Master’s Degree in Conservation

Columbia Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Columbia 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.

In 2021, 79 students received their master’s degree in conservation from Columbia. This makes it the #6 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

Conservation Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The conservation program at Columbia awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

Columbia Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students graduated with a master's degree in conservation from Columbia. About 24% were men and 76% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from Columbia, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	41
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Columbia 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 Columbia University in the City of New York.

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.