2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Plains States Region

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 for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 311 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’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 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s 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. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at UNL

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#20 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Full South Dakota State University Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMN Twin Cities 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.