Natural Resources Conservation at Sewanee - The University of the South

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if Sewanee - The University of the South is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

Sewanee is located in Sewanee, Tennessee and approximately 1,800 students attend the school each year. Of the 429 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sewanee - The University of the South in 2021, 22 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.

Sewanee Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Sewanee Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Sewanee 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 Sewanee 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	41
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	238

Conservation Student Demographics at Sewanee

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Sewanee - The University of the South.

Sewanee Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in conservation from Sewanee in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Sewanee since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Sewanee 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 Sewanee - The University of the South with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Sewanee also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Forestry

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 Sewanee - The University of the South.

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 Uncited photographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.