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Natural Resources Conservation at Macalester College

Natural Resources Conservation at Macalester College

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

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,049.

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.

Macalester Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Macalester Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Macalester 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Macalester 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 Macalester College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 23
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

Natural Resources Conservation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Macalester College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies 19

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 MN, the home state for Macalester College.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,780 $74,880
Foresters 390 $64,330
Conservation Scientists 390 $72,650
Environmental Science Professors 100 $100,840

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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