2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in the Great Lakes Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,630 people earned their degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy, making the major the 348th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 192 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resources management and policy. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental/natural resources management and policy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a public institution located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

#14 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 12 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Michigan State University

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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.