Natural Resources Conservation at Union College New York

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

Union College is located in Schenectady, New York and approximately 2,047 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in conservation from Union 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.

Union College Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Union College Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Union College 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 Union 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	291
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	352

Conservation Student Demographics at Union College

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

Union College Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 conservation students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Union College, about 36% were men and 64% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Union College 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 Union College New York with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Union 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 Union College New York.

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 Daniel Case under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.