Natural Resources Conservation at Lesley University

Every natural resources conservation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the conservation program at Lesley University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lesley is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 4,200 students attend the school each year. Of the 570 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lesley University in 2021, 5 of them were natural resources conservation majors.

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.

Lesley Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Lesley Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Lesley 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 Lesley 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	491
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	513

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in conservation from Lesley. This is the #188 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

Conservation Student Demographics at Lesley

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

Lesley Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Lesley in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% 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 Lesley University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

Lesley 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 Lesley University.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.