2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in Oregon

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In 2020-2021, 22,254 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,963 and had an average of $23,098 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 498 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,995 and $24,626 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,451 and $21,646 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Oregon” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources conservation. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resources conservation.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Oregon”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in Oregon

1

Treasure Valley Community College
Ontario, Oregon

#21 overall quality in Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Treasure Valley Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Oregon. This small school is located in Ontario, Oregon, and it awarded 3 associates’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Treasure Valley Community College

2

Mt. Hood Community College
Gresham, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. Hood Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Oregon. MHCC is a medium-sized school located in Gresham, Oregon that handed out 7 associates’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Mt. Hood Community College

3

Linn-Benton Community College
Albany, Oregon

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Linn-Benton Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Linn-Benton Community College is a small school located in Albany, Oregon that handed out 1 associates’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Full LBCC Natural Resources Conservation Report

4

Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon

#13 overall quality in Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Oregon list. Lane Community College is located in Eugene, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s conservation degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Lane Community College

4

Klamath Community College
Klamath Falls, Oregon

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Klamath Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Klamath Falls, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s conservation degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Klamath Community College

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation

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.