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2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k

4 Ranked Colleges
355 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Natural Resources Conservation is the 50th most popular major in the country with 22,202 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,654 and had an average of $25,969 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 388 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,367 and $31,584 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 355 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources conservation programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $48-$75k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlebury College landed the #1 spot on the list. Middlebury College is located in Middlebury, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s conservation degrees to qualified students.

Middlebury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Middlebury College is $14,002 for vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make $48-$75k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Middlebury Natural Resources Conservation Report

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #2 spot on the list. UVM is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 240 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make $48-$75k list, UVM has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $16,837 for vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UVM.

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 low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 at UVM

#3

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northern Vermont University is a public institution located in Johnson, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Vermont University is $15,464 for vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Northern Vermont University

#4

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Michael’s College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k list. Saint Michael’s College is a small school located in Colchester, Vermont that handed out 29 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make $48-$75k list, Saint Michael’s has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Michael’s is $21,677 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Conservation students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Saint Michael’s College Natural Resources Conservation 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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