2023 Most Focused Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism in the Rocky Mountains Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism is the 847th most popular major in the country with 177 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 96 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region natural resource recreation and tourism students.
Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 60 ’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at The University of Montana
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified ’s natural resource recreation and tourism students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Wyoming Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Casper College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Casper, Wyoming, and it awarded 0 ’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Casper College Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism 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).
- 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.
- 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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