2023 Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Studies is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 530 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful environmental studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree ecosystem studies students.

Top 6 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Plains States Region

1

Iowa Lakes Community College
Estherville, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa Lakes Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Located in Estherville, Iowa, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s ecosystem studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental Studies at Iowa Lakes Community College

2

Columbia College
Columbia, Missouri

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s ecosystem studies degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Full Columbia College Missouri Environmental Studies Report

3

Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, North Dakota

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Sitting Bull College landed the #3 spot on the list. Sitting Bull College is a small school located in Fort Yates, North Dakota that handed out 2 associates’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Sitting Bull College Environmental Studies Report

4

Little Priest Tribal College
Winnebago, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Little Priest Tribal College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Little Priest Tribal College is a public institution located in Winnebago, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Little Priest Tribal College

4

Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State Community and Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 associates’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Minnesota State Community and Technical College

4

Itasca Community College
Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Itasca Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Itasca Community College is a small public school situated in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. It awarded 0 associates’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental Studies at Itasca Community College

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies

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 Lynn Betts.