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. In 2021, 47 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from SMCM.

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

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	13
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	83
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	117
Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools	125
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Earnings of SMCM Conservation Graduates

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMCM is $29,527. 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 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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from SMCM. About 66% of these graduates were women and the other 34% were men.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at SMCM 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 St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SMCM 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Steve Pribut under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.