Natural Resources Conservation at Goucher College

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

Goucher is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 2,015 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Goucher.

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.

Goucher Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

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

Goucher Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Goucher compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Goucher 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 Popular Natural Resources Conservation Graduate Certificate Schools	26
	103
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools	156
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	210
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	221
	225
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	258
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	433

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in conservation from Goucher. This makes it the #156 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from Goucher Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Goucher is $25,708. This is less than $31,602, which is the national average of all conservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Conservation Student Demographics at Goucher

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

Goucher Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from Goucher. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Goucher are white. This is above 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 Goucher College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Goucher Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Goucher in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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

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

Goucher 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 MD, the home state for Goucher College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,560	$77,300
Conservation Scientists	340	$79,070
Environmental Science Professors	170	$79,550
Foresters	50	$64,370

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 Rob Coyle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.