2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Plains States Region

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate 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 #1 spot on the list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 5 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UNL Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

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University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#20 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at University of Missouri - Columbia

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at UMN Twin Cities

• 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.