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2023 Most Focused Colleges for Conservation Biology in the Plains States Region

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$33,500 Avg Cost*

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Biology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 309 people earned their degree in conservation biology, making the major the 694th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 0 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

That schools that top this list have a program in conservation biology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Biology Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region conservation biology students.

Top 1 Most Focused Colleges for Conservation Biology in the Plains States Region

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

$50,445 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,026 Average Student Debt

Out of the 1 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Conservation Biology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s conservation biology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, 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 93%.

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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.

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