Natural Resources Conservation at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MCLA is located in North Adams, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,202. Of the 284 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 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.

MCLA Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

MCLA Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how MCLA 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 MCLA 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	199
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	256
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	491
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	576

Conservation Student Demographics at MCLA

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

MCLA Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The conservation program at MCLA awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at MCLA are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

MCLA 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 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.