Natural Resources Conservation at Lewis & Clark College

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

Lewis and Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 3,157 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Lewis and Clark College.

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.

Lewis and Clark College Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Lewis and Clark College Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Lewis and Clark College 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 Lewis and Clark College 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	136
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	169
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	215
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	246
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	256
	285
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	285

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from Lewis and Clark College Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lewis and Clark College is $19,277. This is less than $31,602, which is the national average of all conservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Conservation Student Demographics at Lewis and Clark College

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

Lewis and Clark College Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lewis and Clark College, about 35% were men and 65% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Lewis and Clark College 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 Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Lewis and Clark College 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 OR, the home state for Lewis & Clark College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	950	$77,980
Conservation Scientists	670	$76,790
Foresters	580	$70,660
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	80	$101,530
Environmental Science Professors	80	$89,180

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 Otebig (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.