2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

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 “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Michigan, there were 712 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,914 and $24,320 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources conservation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources conservation programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan doctor’s degree conservation students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at U-M

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$19,359 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s conservation degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan University are $19,359, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Central Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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