2024 Best Conservation Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in conservation biology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #530 out of 1232 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for conservation biology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in conservation biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to conservation biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of conservation biology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized conservation biology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for conservation biology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Conservation Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Conservation Biology in the New England Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in conservation biology.

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Conservation Biology

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

14 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in conservation biology needs to check out Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a bachelor’s in conservation biology from Boston University

2

Unity College
New Gloucester, ME

6 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in conservation biology has to take a look at Unity College. Unity is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of New Gloucester.More information about a bachelor’s in conservation biology from Unity College

Best Conservation Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best conservation biology colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	14
Connecticut	341	0
Rhode Island	307	0
Maine	281	6
New Hampshire	276	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Conservation Biology

Conservation Biology is one of 11 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Conservation Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Marine Biology	187
Evolutionary Biology	82
Ecology	70
Evolutionary Biology	8
Environmental Biology	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.