Natural Resources Conservation at Wesleyan University

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

Wesleyan U is located in Middletown, Connecticut and approximately 3,053 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,039 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in 2021, 31 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.

Wesleyan U Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Wesleyan U Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Wesleyan U 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	99
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	126
Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Schools	171

Conservation Student Demographics at Wesleyan U

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

Wesleyan U Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

The conservation program at Wesleyan U awarded 31 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 39% of these degrees went to men with the other 61% going to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Wesleyan U are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wesleyan U 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 CT, the home state for Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	800	$83,220
Environmental Science Professors	110	$84,560
Foresters	60	$72,010
Conservation Scientists	60	$87,710

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 Steadyjohn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.