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Natural Resources Conservation at Mount Mercy University

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Natural Resources Conservation at Mount Mercy University

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

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,705. Of the 430 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Mercy University 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.

Mount Mercy Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Mount Mercy Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Mount Mercy 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 Mount Mercy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Mount Mercy University.

Mount Mercy Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The conservation program at Mount Mercy awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Mount Mercy are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Mercy University with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

Mount Mercy also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 IA, the home state for Mount Mercy University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Conservation Scientists 590 $56,820
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 550 $74,140
Environmental Science Professors 90 $93,380
Foresters 70 $64,840

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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