Natural Resources Conservation at Ithaca College

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

Ithaca is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 5,354. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Ithaca.

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.

Ithaca Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Ithaca Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Ithaca 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 Ithaca 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
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	150
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
	223
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	227
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	233

Earnings of Ithaca Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ithaca is $26,411. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at Ithaca

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

Ithaca Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from Ithaca. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Ithaca 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 Ithaca College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

Ithaca 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 Ithaca 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 Mr Senseless under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.