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

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 Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 40 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 12 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in water, wetlands, and marine resources management. That schools that top this list have a program in water, wetlands, and marine resources management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

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 Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#6 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

• 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.