Natural Resources Conservation at Smith College

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

Smith is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,504. In 2021, 17 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Smith.

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.

Smith Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Smith Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Smith 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	176
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	219
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	246
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How Much Do Conservation Graduates from Smith Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Smith is $19,371. This is less than $31,602, which is the national average of all conservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Conservation Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from Smith. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Smith are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Smith College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Smith 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 MA, the home state for Smith College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,950	$82,580
Conservation Scientists	400	$72,200
Environmental Science Professors	380	$89,000
Foresters	100	$76,810

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 Redjar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.