Natural Resources Conservation at Columbia University in the City of New York

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

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students received their master's degree in conservation.

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.

Columbia Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conservation

Columbia Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Conservation Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the conservation majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 79 students who graduated with a master’s in conservation from Columbia in 2021, 24% were men and 76% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from Columbia, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	41
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Environmental Science Professors	820	$90,160
Foresters	250	$65,620
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	160	$81,450

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.