2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 48 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in water, wetlands, and marine resources management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their water, wetlands, and marine resources management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management in the Far Western US Region

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 15 masters’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management at Oregon State University

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California State University - Monterey Bay
Seaside, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Monterey Bay. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Far Western US Region list. CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management at CSUMB

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management

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.