Natural Resources Conservation at Goshen College

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

Goshen is located in Goshen, Indiana and approximately 899 students attend the school each year.

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.

Goshen Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Master’s Degree in Conservation

Goshen Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Goshen 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at Goshen

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

Goshen Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Goshen since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Goshen are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Goshen College 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	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Goshen Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of conservation master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from Goshen, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Goshen College with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

If you plan to be a conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Goshen College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Science	18

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 Goshen 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 Brianys under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.