Natural Resources Conservation at Fort Lewis College

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

FLC is located in Durango, Colorado and approximately 3,469 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 33 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from FLC.

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.

FLC Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

FLC Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how FLC 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 conservation major at FLC 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 Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	133
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Earnings of FLC Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at FLC is $23,928. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at FLC

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

FLC Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in conservation from FLC. About 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at FLC since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at FLC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Fort Lewis College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

FLC 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 CO, the home state for Fort Lewis College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,930	$93,010
Conservation Scientists	1,320	$71,170
Foresters	220	$61,890
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	130	$91,260
Environmental Science Professors	130	$69,650

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.