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Natural Resources Conservation at Oberlin College

Natural Resources Conservation at Oberlin College

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if Oberlin College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 students attend the school each year.

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.

Oberlin Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Oberlin Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Oberlin 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 Oberlin

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

Oberlin Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 35
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

If you plan to be a conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oberlin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies 26

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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 2,000 $74,750
Conservation Scientists 740 $55,550
Foresters 200 $61,990
Environmental Science Professors 120 $102,570

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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