Natural Resources Conservation at Rhodes College

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

Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 1,875. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Rhodes College.

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.

Rhodes College Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Rhodes College Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Rhodes College performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Rhodes College 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	123
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	155

Conservation Student Demographics at Rhodes College

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

Rhodes College Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in conservation from Rhodes College. About 17% were men and 83% were women.

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 Rhodes College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Rhodes College 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 TN, the home state for Rhodes College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,410	$72,470
Foresters	180	$55,610
Conservation Scientists	140	$68,440

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 Ed Uthman, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.