2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in North Carolina

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Natural Resources Conservation is the 49th most popular major in the country with 22,254 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 North Carolina, there were 1,044 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,503 and $21,028 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,744 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina doctor’s degree conservation students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in North Carolina

1

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#1 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in North Carolina list. Duke University is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 10 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Duke University

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in North Carolina list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 8 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNC Chapel Hill Natural Resources Conservation Report

3

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in North Carolina list. North Carolina A & T State University is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 2 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at NC A&T

4

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#5 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conservation Major in North Carolina list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full NC State Natural Resources Conservation Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s 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.