2023 Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,100
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 151 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation (other), making the major the 328th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,873 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation (other). This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources conservation (other) 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 (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
More Ways to Rank Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation”.
Top 2 Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified ’s other conservation students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 32,312 students enrolled at Oregon State, 1,559 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,000 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,385. During this same period, 17 students received funds 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 full report on veteran student life at Oregon State University]](/colleges/oregon-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation list. Northland is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ashland, Wisconsin. It awarded 25 ’s other conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our vets studying other conservation list, Northland has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 570 students enrolled at Northland College, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $24,482. During this same period, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Northland 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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