2023 Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 250 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,460 and $26,958 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resource management programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree vets studying resource management.
Top 1 Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a small public school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
ESF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, ESF supports 2,127 students, and 42 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 16 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,672. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. ESF offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry]](/colleges/suny-college-of-environmental-science-and-forestry/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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