Environmental Studies at University of Connecticut

Every environmental studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ecosystem studies program at University of Connecticut stacks up to those at other schools.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year.

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

UCONN Environmental Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

UCONN Environmental Studies Rankings

The ecosystem studies major at UCONN is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Studies. 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.

Ecosystem Studies Student Demographics at UCONN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ecosystem studies majors at University of Connecticut.

UCONN Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of ecosystem studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical ecosystem studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ecosystem studies at UCONN 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 University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in ecosystem studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Environmental Science
• Natural Resources/Conservation, General

Careers That Ecosystem Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ecosystem studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	800	$83,220
Environmental Science Professors	110	$84,560

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.