Natural Resources Conservation at The Evergreen State College

If you are interested in studying natural resources conservation, you may want to check out the program at The Evergreen State College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Evergreen is located in Olympia, Washington and has a total student population of 2,281. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 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.

Evergreen Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conservation

Evergreen Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Conservation Student Demographics at Evergreen

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

Evergreen Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who graduated with a master’s in conservation from Evergreen in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from Evergreen, 72% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the conservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 WA, the home state for The Evergreen State College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,880	$85,090
Conservation Scientists	920	$65,120
Foresters	510	$69,720
Environmental Science Professors	230	$93,820
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	80	$109,820

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.