Natural Resources Conservation at Rocky Mountain College

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

Rocky is located in Billings, Montana and approximately 1,014 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Rocky.

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.

Rocky Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Rocky Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Rocky 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 Rocky 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	133
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	464
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	548

Conservation Student Demographics at Rocky

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

Rocky Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in conservation from Rocky in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Rocky since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Rocky 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 Rocky Mountain College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Rocky 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 MT, the home state for Rocky Mountain College.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Conservation Scientists	570	$64,480
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	410	$68,660
Foresters	200	$57,960
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	100	$72,640

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.