Natural Resources Conservation at University of New England

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at University of New England. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNE is located in Biddeford, Maine and has a total student population of 7,208. Of the 569 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of New England in 2021, 16 of them were natural resources conservation majors.

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.

UNE Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

UNE Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at UNE 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 UNE 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
	145
	153
Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools	252
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	298

How Much Do Conservation Graduates from UNE Make?

The median salary of conservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNE is $30,228. This is less than $31,602, which is the national average of all conservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Conservation Student Demographics at UNE

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at University of New England.

UNE Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNE. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UNE since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at UNE 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 New England with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences

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 New England.

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 Dcrjsr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.