2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Natural Resources Conservation (Other) is the 328th most popular major in the country with 151 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,873 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources conservation (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resources conservation (other).

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other)

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Top 15% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s other conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at UMN Twin Cities

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University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major list. UMN Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at University of Minnesota - Duluth

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.