2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in North Carolina

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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 North Carolina, there were 219 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 131 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in North Carolina” 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 for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in North Carolina

1

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#1 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in North Carolina list. Duke University is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 115 masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Duke University

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#5 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full NC State 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.