2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics

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Environmental/Natural Resource Economics is the 1013th most popular major in the country with 118 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 environmental/natural resource economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Economics Major” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental/natural resource economics. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental/natural resource economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Economics Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Economics Major”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics

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West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Economics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #1 spot on the list. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full West Virginia University Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#13 overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Economics Major list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s natural resource economics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Cornell University Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.