Natural Resources Conservation at Vassar College

What traits are you looking for in a conservation school? To help you decide if Vassar College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conservation program.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435. Of the 682 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in 2021, 20 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.

Vassar Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Vassar Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks conservation programs across the country. The following shows how Vassar performed in these rankings.

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 Vassar 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 Popular Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	215
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	256

Conservation Student Demographics at Vassar

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

Vassar Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 conservation majors earned their bachelor's degree from Vassar. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Vassar are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its conservation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Vassar 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 Vassar College.

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 Noteremote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.