2021 Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
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Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in conservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources conservation programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Iowa State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Plains States Region that are best for non-traditional natural resources conservation students. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 14,911 students at Iowa State that take at least one class online. About 3,155 of the students at Iowa State are attending part time.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Iowa State University
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best natural resources conservation schools for non-traditional students. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 21,237 students take at least one class online at UMN Twin Cities. There are roughly 13,655 part time students in attendance at UMN Twin Cities.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Nebraska - Lincoln. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln. UNL also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Plains States Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UNL is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 13,905 students take at least one class online at UNL. There are roughly 3,376 part time students in attendance at UNL.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Our rankings recognize University of Nebraska at Omaha as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public school with a fairly large student population. UNOMAHA not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.3%. Approximately 8,191 students take at least one class online at UNOMAHA. 4,328 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Iowa as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Iowa has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Plains States Region ranking.
About 1.2% of Iowa students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. About 5,055 of the students at Iowa are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Missouri - Columbia as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population. Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at Mizzou is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,161 students take at least one class online at Mizzou. 5,276 students are part time.
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Saint Cloud State University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public school with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at St. Cloud State University is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,952 students take at least one class online at St. Cloud State University. 5,106 of St. Cloud State University students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Minnesota - Crookston as the #8 school in this year's rankings. UMN Crookston is a small public school located in the town of Crookston.
About 1.5% of UMN Crookston students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 995 of UMN Crookston students are exclusively distance learners. 1,254 of UMN Crookston students are attending part time.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at University of Minnesota - Crookston
Upper Iowa University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Fayette.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. 1,973 of UIU students are exclusively distance learners. 1,332 of UIU students are attending part time.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Upper Iowa University
University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best natural resources conservation schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. UMN Duluth also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Plains States Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UMN Duluth is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,332 students at UMN Duluth that take at least one class online. 1,623 students are part time.
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