by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,933 people earned their degree in natural resource management, making the major the 178th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,190 and had an average of $25,062 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 373 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,404 and $21,773 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in natural resource management. That schools that top this list have a program in natural resource management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 full report on Natural Resource Management at Michigan State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
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