Natural Resources Conservation at Spelman College

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

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 2,207 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Spelman.

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.

Spelman Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Spelman Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Spelman performed in these rankings.

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 Spelman 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	288
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	362
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	491
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	576

Conservation Student Demographics at Spelman

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

Spelman Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from Spelman. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 75% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

Spelman 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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,300	$72,860
Foresters	340	$54,590
Conservation Scientists	250	$69,390
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	120	$88,570

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.