2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southeast Region

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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 Southeast region, there were 477 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources/conservation, general. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their natural resources/conservation, general program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southeast Region

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

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. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Mississippi State

2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

3

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

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, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 3 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

4

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

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, North Carolina State University landed the #4 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full North Carolina State University Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s 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.