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. In 2021, 20 conservation majors received their bachelor's degree from Yale.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Conservation

Yale Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the conservation progam at Yale 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools	10

In 2021, 115 students received their master’s degree in conservation from Yale. This makes it the #4 most popular school for conservation master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Yale in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Yale Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 115 students who earned a master's degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Yale in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from Yale, 56% 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	5
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	64
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Yale also has a doctoral program available in conservation. In 2021, 15 students 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 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.