Natural Resources Conservation at Scripps College

If you plan to study natural resources conservation, take a look at what Scripps College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Scripps is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 958. Of the 301 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Scripps College in 2021, 17 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.

Scripps Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Scripps Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Scripps compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Scripps 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	33
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	44
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	246
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	291

Conservation Student Demographics at Scripps

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

Scripps Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in conservation from Scripps in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Scripps are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Scripps College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Scripps 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 CA, the home state for Scripps College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840
Foresters	430	$80,030
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 Lure Photography under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.