Natural Resources Conservation at Hamilton College

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

Hamilton is located in Clinton, New York and approximately 1,902 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Hamilton.

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.

Hamilton Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Hamilton Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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 Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	71
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	190

Conservation Student Demographics at Hamilton

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

Hamilton Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Hamilton in 2020-2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Hamilton 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 Hamilton College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Hamilton 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 NY, the home state for Hamilton College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Environmental Science Professors	820	$90,160
Foresters	250	$65,620
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	160	$81,450

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 Lvklock under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.