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Environmental Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Environmental Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst

If you are interested in studying environmental science, you may want to check out the program at University of Massachusetts Amherst. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 students attend the school each year.

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

UMass Amherst Environmental Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

UMass Amherst Environmental Science Rankings

The bioenvironmental sciences major at UMass Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Science. 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.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioenvironmental sciences majors at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

UMass Amherst Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Amherst since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bioenvironmental sciences at UMass Amherst are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in bioenvironmental sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 56
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,950 $82,580
Environmental Science Professors 380 $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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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