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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Rocky Mountains Region

6 Ranked Colleges
262 Degrees Awarded
$48,868 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Natural Resource Management is the 178th most popular major in the country with 2,933 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 509 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,004 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 262 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resource management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their natural resource management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Rocky Mountains Region

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University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 137 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at DU

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 84 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. U of I is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 25 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Montana State University

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The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Missoula, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2020-2021.

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Utah State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 18 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Utah State University

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