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Natural Resources Conservation at Swarthmore College

Natural Resources Conservation at Swarthmore College

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

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 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.

Swarthmore Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Swarthmore Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Swarthmore 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 Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

The following conservation concentations are available at Swarthmore College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Swarthmore College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies 7

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 PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 2,050 $74,430
Conservation Scientists 770 $55,200
Foresters 310 $66,170
Environmental Science Professors 250 $93,850

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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