2023 Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in Alaska

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in Alaska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Alaska, there were 8 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources/conservation, general. That schools that top this list have a program in natural resources/conservation, general in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska natural resources/conservation, general students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in Alaska

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

$45,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,561 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at UAF

2

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

$54,280 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,743 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Juneau, Alaska, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified ’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of Alaska Southeast 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

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.