2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Plains States Region
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,834 people earned their degree in natural resources/conservation, general, making the major the 245th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 311 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 208 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students.
Top 8 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Plains States Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Crookston landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Crookston is a public institution located in Crookston, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Minnesota - Crookston Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 79 bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 Natural Resources/Conservation, General at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Upper Iowa University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region list. UIU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fayette, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Upper Iowa University Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Mizzou
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia College at Moorhead. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region list. Moorhead, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Concordia College Moorhead
With a ranking of #6, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report
South Dakota State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at South Dakota State
Mount Mercy University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Mount Mercy is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Mount Mercy Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report
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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
- *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.
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