2023 Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

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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 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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s”.

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

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 10 masters’s other conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Oregon State University Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Report

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California State University - Stanislaus
Turlock, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Stanislaus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. California State University - Stanislaus is a fairly large school located in Turlock, California that handed out 0 masters’s other conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at California State University - Stanislaus

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Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Central Washington University is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at CWU

• Most Popular 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.