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Natural Resources Conservation at St Mary's College of Maryland

Natural Resources Conservation at St Mary’s College of Maryland

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if St Mary's College of Maryland is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and approximately 1,508 students attend the school each year.

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.

SMCM Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

SMCM Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at SMCM 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at SMCM since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at SMCM are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 21
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

If you plan to be a conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from St Mary's College of Maryland. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies 47

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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 2,560 $77,300
Conservation Scientists 340 $79,070
Environmental Science Professors 170 $79,550
Foresters 50 $64,370

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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