2023 Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$40,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Natural Resources Conservation is the 49th most popular major in the country with 22,254 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,963 and had an average of $23,098 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 116 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,329 and $23,491 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources conservation. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resources conservation.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia”.
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Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia”.
Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in District of Columbia
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 65 ’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at American University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 51 degrees to qualified ’s conservation students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at GWU
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s conservation students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at University of the District of Columbia
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s conservation degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Georgetown Natural Resources Conservation Report
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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