2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology in Florida

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Conservation Biology is the 694th most popular major in the country with 309 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Florida, there were 10 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conservation Biology Major in Florida” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in conservation biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in conservation biology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conservation Biology Major in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conservation Biology Major in Florida”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology in Florida

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Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

#7 overall quality in Florida

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conservation Biology Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida Tech is a medium-sized school located in Melbourne, Florida that handed out 3 masters’s conservation biology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Florida Institute of Technology Conservation Biology Report

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University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, Florida

#6 overall quality in Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conservation Biology Major in Florida list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s conservation biology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Conservation Biology at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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