| |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences to the specific problems of biodiversity, species preservation, ecological sustainability, and habitat fragmentation in the face of advancing human social, economic, and industrial pressures. Includes instruction in ecology, environmental science, biological systems, extinction theory, human-animal and human-plant interaction, ecosystem science and management, wetland conservation, field biology, forest and wildlife biology, and natural history.
|
|
| A major in Conservation Biology is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top 14
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Conservation Biology among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI | 42
(0.7%) |  |  |
|
| | Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ | 18
(0.2%) |  | |
|
| | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY | 17
(6.1%) | | |
|
| | Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR | 9
(1.1%) | | |
|
| | Boston University
Boston, MA | 8
(0.2%) | |  |
|
| | Utah State University
Logan, UT | 7
(0.2%) | |  |
|
| | Prescott College
Prescott, AZ | 5
(2.4%) | |  |
|
| | University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA | 4
(0.2%) | | |
|
| | Sterling College
Craftsbury Common, VT | 3
(18.8%) | | |
|
| | Brigham Young University
Provo, UT | 2
(0.0%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|