2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Great Lakes Region

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Natural Resources/Conservation, General is the 245th most popular major in the country with 2,834 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 498 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 52 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources/conservation, general. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resources/conservation, general.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Great Lakes Region

1

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Wooster, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a public institution located in Wooster, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

2

Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Superior State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lake Superior State University is located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

Full Lake Superior State University Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

3

Vincennes University
Vincennes, Indiana

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vincennes University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Vincennes, Indiana, and it awarded 26 associates’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Vincennes University Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

4

Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, Wisconsin

Top 15% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Appleton, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2020-2021.

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5

Zane State College
Zanesville, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Zane State College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Zanesville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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5

Gogebic Community College
Ironwood, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gogebic Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ironwood, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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5

Bay de Noc Community College
Escanaba, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bay de Noc Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Escanaba, Michigan, and it awarded 0 associates’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General

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.