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Natural Resources Conservation at Roanoke College

Natural Resources Conservation at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College stacks up to those at other schools.

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and approximately 1,920 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.

Roanoke Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Roanoke Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Roanoke 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 Roanoke

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

Roanoke Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

54% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 46% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Roanoke since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

The following conservation concentations are available at Roanoke College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Roanoke College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies 17

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 VA, the home state for Roanoke College.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 3,150 $85,550
Conservation Scientists 600 $75,370
Foresters 280 $59,940

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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