2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the New England Region

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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.

Across the New England region, there were 24 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region natural resource recreation and tourism students.

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism in the New England Region

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Unity College
Unity, Maine

$25,195 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,053 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #1 spot on the list. Unity is a small school located in Unity, Maine that handed out 12 ’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Unity College Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Report

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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

$40,070 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,994 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the New England Region list. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 ’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Vermont Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Report

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Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, Rhode Island

$43,037 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,117 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #3 spot on the list. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 0 ’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2020-2021.

Full JWU Providence 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

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.