2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 95 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 14 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree natural resources management and policy students.

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

1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 14 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.

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 North Dakota State University

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 0 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at UMN Twin Cities

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy

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.