Natural Resources Conservation at University of Maine at Fort Kent

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

UMFK is located in Fort Kent, Maine and has a total student population of 1,624. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student received a bachelor's degree in conservation from UMFK.

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.

UMFK Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

UMFK Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at UMFK 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	504
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	632
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	650
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	817

Conservation Student Demographics at UMFK

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of Maine at Fort Kent.

UMFK Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a bachelor's degree in conservation from UMFK.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maine at Fort Kent with a bachelor's in conservation.

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

UMFK also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Forestry

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 ME, the home state for University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	440	$67,390
Foresters	110	$52,850
Conservation Scientists	90	$61,970
Environmental Science Professors	50	$66,830

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 Tysto under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.