Conservation Biology at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Every conservation biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the conservation biology program at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry stacks up to those at other schools.

ESF is located in Syracuse, New York and has a total student population of 2,127.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Conservation Biology section at the bottom of this page.

ESF Conservation Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation Biology
• Master’s Degree in Conservation Biology

ESF Conservation Biology Rankings

The conservation biology major at ESF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Conservation Biology. 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in conservation biology, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Conservation Biology Student Demographics at ESF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation biology majors at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

ESF Conservation Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of conservation biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical conservation biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at ESF since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation biology at ESF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its conservation biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a bachelor's in conservation biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ESF Conservation Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of conservation biology master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Of the students who received a conservation biology master's degree from ESF, 94% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a master's in conservation biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Aquatic Biology/Limnology
• Environmental Biology

Careers That Conservation Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in conservation biology 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 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Biological Scientists	690	$89,000

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 DASonnenfeld under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.