Natural Resources Conservation at Unity College

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

Unity is located in Unity, Maine and has a total student population of 1,429. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 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.

Unity Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conservation

Online Classes Are Available at Unity

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Unity does offer online courses in conservation for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Unity Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

Conservation Student Demographics at Unity

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

Unity Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Program

Of the 18 conservation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Unity, about 22% were men and 78% were women.

Of the students who received a conservation master's degree from Unity, 89% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management

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 ME, the home state for Unity College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	440	$67,390
Foresters	110	$52,850
Conservation Scientists	90	$61,970
Environmental Science Professors	50	$66,830

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 David Dixon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.