2024 Best Natural Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Natural Resource Managementdoctorate programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #194 out of the 306 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Natural Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 12 doctor's degrees in natural resource management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Natural Resource Management School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of natural resource management for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality resource management program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to natural resource management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of natural resource management students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for natural resource management to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized natural resource management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for natural resource management students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Natural Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Natural Resource Management in the Great Lakes Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for natural resource management students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Resource Management

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

1 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in natural resource management needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in natural resource management from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

7 Annual Graduates

Michigan State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in natural resource management. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in natural resource management from Michigan State University

3

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

4 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in natural resource management needs to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in natural resource management from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Best Natural Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best natural resource management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	0
Michigan	149	8
Wisconsin	108	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Resource Management

One of 5 majors within the Natural Resources & Conservation area of study, Natural Resource Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Resource Management Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	8
Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Resource Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation	42
Forestry	19
Wildlife Management	19

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell. More about our data sources and methodologies.