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Natural Resources & Conservation at Cornell College

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Natural Resources & Conservation at Cornell College

If you plan to study natural resources and conservation, take a look at what Cornell College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,002. Of the 314 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell College in 2021, 8 of them were natural resources and 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.

Cornell College Natural Resources & Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources & Conservation

Cornell College Natural Resources & Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks natural resources and conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Cornell 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 natural resources and conservation major at Cornell 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 Schools 197
Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools 452
Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Schools 563

Natural Resources & Conservation Student Demographics at Cornell College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the natural resources and conservation majors at Cornell College.

Cornell College Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of natural resources and conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in natural resources and conservation at Cornell 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 Cornell College with a bachelor's in natural resources and conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Cornell College also has a doctoral program available in natural resources and conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Natural Resources & Conservation

If you plan to be a natural resources and conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornell College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation 8

Careers That Natural Resources & Conservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in natural resources and 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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 4,860 $58,340
Managers 2,880 $101,360
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers 1,850 $20,330
Firefighters 1,630 $43,970
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,080 $81,800

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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