by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Montana for a Master’s” ranking.
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 Montana, there were 174 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,054 and $15,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,873 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Montana for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources conservation. To top this list, a school must have a successful natural resources conservation program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Montana for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Montana for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Montana for a Master’s list. UM is a fairly large public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 17 masters’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at The University of Montana
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Montana for a Master’s. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 3 masters’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Full Montana State University Natural Resources Conservation Report
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