Natural Resources Conservation at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060.

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.

Yale Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Conservation
• Master’s Degree in Conservation

Yale Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The conservation major at Yale 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.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in conservation, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Conservation Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of conservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in conservation at Yale are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Yale Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of conservation master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from Yale, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Yale University with a master's in conservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	81
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Natural Resources Conservation

If you plan to be a conservation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Yale University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Studies	129
Environmental Science	21

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 Yale 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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.