Natural Resources Conservation at Yale University

If you plan to study natural resources conservation, take a look at what Yale University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 115 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.

Yale Natural Resources Conservation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conservation
• Doctorate Degree in Conservation

Yale Natural Resources Conservation Rankings

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 Master’s Program

Of the 115 conservation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Yale, about 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

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.