by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Kansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Kansas, there were 123 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,184 and $23,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Kansas” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation. That schools that top this list have a program in natural resources conservation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Kansas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Haskell Indian Nations University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Kansas list. Haskell is a small public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 19 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Haskell Indian Nations University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McPherson College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Kansas. McPherson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in McPherson, Kansas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at McPherson College
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Kansas is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at University of Kansas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Kansas. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s conservation degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at K -State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas Wesleyan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conservation Major in Kansas list. Located in Salina, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s conservation students in 2020-2021.
Full Kansas Wesleyan University Natural Resources Conservation Report
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