Natural Resources Conservation at Dartmouth College

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

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and approximately 6,292 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 40 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Dartmouth.

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.

Dartmouth Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Dartmouth Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Dartmouth compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Dartmouth 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
	59
	63
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	180

Earnings of Dartmouth Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dartmouth is $35,621. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from Dartmouth. About 55% of these graduates were women and the other 45% were men. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Dartmouth are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	24
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Dartmouth 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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	360	$75,520
Environmental Science Professors	180	$85,380
Foresters	110	$64,920
Conservation Scientists	60	$72,160

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.