Environmental Studies at Western New Mexico University

If you plan to study environmental studies, take a look at what Western New Mexico University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Western New Mexico University is located in Silver City, New Mexico and has a total student population of 2,896.

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

Western New Mexico University Environmental Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

Western New Mexico University Environmental Studies Rankings

The ecosystem studies major at Western New Mexico University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Studies. 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.

Ecosystem Studies Student Demographics at Western New Mexico University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ecosystem studies majors at Western New Mexico University.

Western New Mexico University Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of ecosystem studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical ecosystem studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Western New Mexico University since its program graduates 32% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 74% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ecosystem studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western New Mexico University with a bachelor's in ecosystem studies.

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

Related Majors

Careers That Ecosystem Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ecosystem studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for Western New Mexico University.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,180	$87,200

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.