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2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

4 Ranked Colleges
355 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 22,202 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources conservation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in Vermont

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s conservation degrees to 240 students in 2019-2020.

UVM also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Vermont is $18,982 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Conservation students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at University of Vermont

#2

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Johnson, Vermont, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Vermont University is $15,749 for vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students.

Full Northern Vermont University Natural Resources Conservation Report

#3

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, Vermont

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Colchester, Vermont, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Michael’s also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $27,927 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Conservation students per year to attend Saint Michael’s.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Saint Michael’s College

#4

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlebury College landed the #4 spot on the list. Middlebury College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middlebury, Vermont. It awarded 49 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our vermont bachelor’s degree conservation students list, Middlebury has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Middlebury College is $25,656 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Conservation students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Middlebury College

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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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