2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” 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 New England region, there were 279 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources/conservation, general. To top this list, a school must have a successful natural resources/conservation, general program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the New England Region

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 6 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2020-2021.

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

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

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

• Most Popular 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.