2023 Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
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Ranked Colleges
90
Degrees Awarded
$25,300
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Conservation” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Arkansas, there were 90 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,066 and $22,834 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Conservation” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources conservation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources conservation programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Conservation
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Conservation”.
Top 2 Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Conservation. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 ’s conservation degrees to qualified students.
UARK also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 11 of the 27,562 students enrolled at UARK were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,975. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UARK]](/colleges/university-of-arkansas/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Conservation. University of Central Arkansas is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 ’s conservation degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our arkansas vets studying conservation list, UCA has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 10,335 students enrolled at UCA, 528 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 194 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,808. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UCA offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Central Arkansas Veteran Student Life 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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