Natural Resources Conservation at Middlebury College

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

Middlebury is located in Middlebury, Vermont and has a total student population of 2,669. Of the 756 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College in 2021, 46 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.

Middlebury Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Middlebury Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Middlebury 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 Schools	43
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	119
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	202
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268

Earnings of Middlebury Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Middlebury is $22,553. 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 Middlebury

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

Middlebury Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The conservation program at Middlebury awarded 46 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Middlebury since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Middlebury 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 Middlebury College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	36
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Middlebury 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 VT, the home state for Middlebury College.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	380	$66,440
Conservation Scientists	90	$55,150
Foresters	80	$65,170

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 Funuk under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.