Natural Resources Conservation at Earlham College

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

Earlham is located in Richmond, Indiana and has a total student population of 815. Of the 230 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Earlham College in 2021, 7 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.

Earlham Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Earlham Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Earlham 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 Earlham 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	103
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	131
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	433

Conservation Student Demographics at Earlham

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

Earlham Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in conservation from Earlham in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Earlham are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Earlham College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Earlham 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 IN, the home state for Earlham College.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	850	$62,590
Conservation Scientists	230	$63,320
Foresters	80	$47,070

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 Self under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.