2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major

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In 2020-2021, 177 people earned their degree in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism, making the major the 847th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism

1

Hocking College
Nelsonville, Ohio

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Hocking College landed the #1 spot on the list. Hocking College is located in Nelsonville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Hocking Technical College

2

Herkimer County Community College
Herkimer, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Herkimer County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major. Located in Herkimer, New York, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s natural resource recreation and tourism students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Herkimer College

3

Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee, Washington

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Wenatchee Valley College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Wenatchee, Washington, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s natural resource recreation and tourism students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at WVC

3

Casper College
Casper, Wyoming

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Casper College landed the #3 spot on the list. Casper College is a small public school situated in Casper, Wyoming. It awarded 0 associates’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Casper College Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism 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.