2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other) in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 10 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,303 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources conservation (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resources conservation (other).

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other) in the Far Western US Region

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other conservation degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Oregon State University Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Report

2

California State University - Stanislaus
Turlock, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Stanislaus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Turlock, California, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s other conservation students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Stan State Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Report

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s other conservation degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at Central Washington University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other)

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.