Natural Resources Conservation at Green River College

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

GRC is located in Auburn, Washington and approximately 7,493 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from GRC.

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.

GRC Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

GRC Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at GRC 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 GRC 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 Schools	517
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	597

Conservation Student Demographics at GRC

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

GRC Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from GRC. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at GRC since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at GRC 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 Green River College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GRC also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• Forestry

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 WA, the home state for Green River College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,880	$85,090
Conservation Scientists	920	$65,120
Foresters	510	$69,720
Environmental Science Professors	230	$93,820
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	80	$109,820

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.