2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 151 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation (other), making the major the 328th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 33 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,937 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources conservation (other). To top this list, a school must have a successful natural resources conservation (other) program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other conservation students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other) in the Great Lakes Region

1

Northland College
Ashland, Wisconsin

$26,937 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Ashland, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other conservation students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at Northland College

2

University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Platteville, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Platteville, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other conservation students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

• Most Popular Bachelor’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.