Natural Resources Conservation at Wofford College

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

Wofford is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and approximately 1,764 students attend the school each year. Of the 493 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wofford College 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.

Wofford Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation

Wofford Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The conservation major at Wofford 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	82
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Schools	106

Conservation Student Demographics at Wofford

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

Wofford Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in conservation from Wofford. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical conservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Wofford since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Wofford 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 Wofford College with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wofford 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 SC, the home state for Wofford College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Conservation Scientists	250	$56,220
Foresters	200	$61,430

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 PegasusRacer28 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.