Natural Resources Conservation at Framingham State University

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

Framingham State is located in Framingham, Massachusetts and approximately 4,876 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Framingham State.

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.

Framingham State Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Framingham State Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Framingham State 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.

Earnings of Framingham State Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Framingham State is $37,200. This is 18% higher than $31,602, which is the national average for all conservation bachelor's degree recipients.

Conservation Student Demographics at Framingham State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Framingham State University.

Framingham State Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Framingham State in 2020-2021, 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Framingham State since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Framingham State 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 Framingham State University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Framingham State 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 MA, the home state for Framingham State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,950	$82,580
Conservation Scientists	400	$72,200
Environmental Science Professors	380	$89,000
Foresters	100	$76,810

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.