Natural Resources Conservation at Merrimack College

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 Merrimack College stacks up to those at other schools.

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,418. Of the 909 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Merrimack College in 2021, 6 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.

Merrimack Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Merrimack Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Merrimack compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Merrimack 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	523
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	548

Conservation Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 44% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Merrimack 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 Merrimack College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Merrimack 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 Merrimack College.

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 Merrimack Colleges Church under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.