2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major” ranking.

Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management is the 784th most popular major in the country with 269 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in water, wetlands, and marine resources management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in water, wetlands, and marine resources management.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree water, wetlands, and marine resources management students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management

1

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major list. UWM is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

Top 25% overall quality in United States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management students in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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3

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 0 doctorate’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management at UMaine

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.