Natural Resources Conservation at Suffolk University

If you plan to study natural resources conservation, take a look at what Suffolk University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Suffolk.

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.

Suffolk Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Suffolk Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

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 Suffolk 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	422

Conservation Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in conservation from Suffolk. About 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Suffolk are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Suffolk University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Suffolk 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 Suffolk University.

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.