Natural Resources Conservation at Cornell College

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

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,002. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Cornell College.

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 Conservation

Cornell College Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	144
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	409
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	485

Conservation Student Demographics at Cornell College

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

Cornell College Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from Cornell College. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in 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 conservation.

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 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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Conservation Scientists	590	$56,820
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	550	$74,140
Environmental Science Professors	90	$93,380
Foresters	70	$64,840

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 ArtisticAbode under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.