Natural Resources Conservation at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,932 students attend the school each year. Of the 627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in 2021, 29 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.

Dickinson Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Dickinson Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

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 Dickinson 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
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	44
	104
	112
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	191
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	209
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	230

Earnings of Dickinson Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dickinson is $32,617. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Dickinson, about 24% were men and 76% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Dickinson are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Dickinson College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Dickinson 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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,050	$74,430
Conservation Scientists	770	$55,200
Foresters	310	$66,170
Environmental Science Professors	250	$93,850

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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.