2021 Highest Paid Natural Resources Conservation Graduates in Kentucky

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation School for You

In 2018-2019, 109 bachelor's degrees were awarded to natural resources conservation students who went to a Kentucky college or university. This makes it the #51 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 0.7% of all the conservation bachelor's degrees in the country. The conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Highest Paid Conservation Graduates.

The numbers used in this ranking are early career salaries, which we define to be 10 years after a student started college. This is the salary typically earned 4-6 years after graduation, but may be different depending on how long a person takes to complete their degree.

Salaries of Natural Resources Conservation Majors After Graduation

After graduating, natural resources conservation majors that go to school in Kentucky go on to jobs making an average of $29,700 per year. That's not so great, since it is 25% less than the national average salary of a typical bachelor's degree holder. However, graduates from the schools in this list may make more.

Nationwide, the average salary for graduates with a conservation degree is $30,240. So, there's not much difference on that front.

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2021 Highest Paid Natural Resources Conservation Grads in Kentucky

Below you'll see a list of the colleges and universities that produce the highest paid natural resources conservation majors.

Best Schools for Highly Paid Conservation Graduates in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

69 Bachelor's Degrees

$29,700 Average Salary

$21,429 Average Student Debt

The #1 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Kentucky. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington. Upon graduating with a bachelor's degree, conservation majors make an average salary of $29,700.

While working on their bachelor's, conservation majors at UK accumulate an average of around $21,429 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $226.

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Notes and 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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