Natural Resources Conservation at Lake Forest College

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if Lake Forest College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

Lake Forest is located in Lake Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,583. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Lake Forest.

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.

Lake Forest Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Lake Forest Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Lake Forest performed in these rankings.

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 Lake Forest 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 Schools	105
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	151
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Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	237
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	253
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	332

Earnings of Lake Forest Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lake Forest is $26,153. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,602 for all conservation students.

Conservation Student Demographics at Lake Forest

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

Lake Forest Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lake Forest, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Lake Forest College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Lake Forest 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 IL, the home state for Lake Forest College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Conservation Scientists	630	$63,840
Foresters	150	$68,570
Environmental Science Professors	130	$90,820

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
• Image Credit: By Eudaimonia86 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.