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Natural Resources Conservation at Wellesley College

Natural Resources Conservation at Wellesley College

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

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year.

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.

Wellesley Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Wellesley Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Wellesley 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.

Conservation Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Wellesley are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Wellesley College with a bachelor's in conservation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 12
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

The following conservation concentations are available at Wellesley College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Wellesley College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies 25

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 MA, the home state for Wellesley College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,950 $82,580
Conservation Scientists 400 $72,200
Environmental Science Professors 380 $89,000
Foresters 100 $76,810

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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