Natural Resources Conservation at Hampshire College

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

Hampshire is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 522 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Hampshire.

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.

Hampshire Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Hampshire Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Hampshire 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	64
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	83
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	409
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	485

Conservation Student Demographics at Hampshire

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

Hampshire Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from Hampshire. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Hampshire since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Hampshire College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Hampshire 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 Hampshire College.

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.