Natural Resources Conservation at Purchase College

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

Purchase College is located in Purchase, New York and has a total student population of 3,685. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Purchase College.

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.

Purchase College Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Purchase College Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

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 Purchase College 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 Schools	284
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	304

Conservation Student Demographics at Purchase College

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

Purchase College Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in conservation from Purchase College. About 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Purchase College since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Purchase College are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Purchase College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Purchase College 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 NY, the home state for Purchase College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Environmental Science Professors	820	$90,160
Foresters	250	$65,620
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	160	$81,450

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 Rschaming under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.