2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 2,981 people earned their degree in natural resources/conservation, general, making the major the 245th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 465 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southeast Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Mississippi State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Louisiana State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, 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 88%.
Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full North Carolina State University 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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