2024 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan
3
Colleges in Michigan
32
Doctor's Degrees
Natural Resources & Conservation isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #21 in popularity out of 36 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for natural resources & conservation students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 doctor's degrees in natural resources & conservation during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Natural Resources & Conservation School for Your Doctor's Degree
The natural resources & conservation doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality natural resources & conservation program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on natural resources & conservation students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other natural resources & conservation students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt natural resources & conservation students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized natural resources & conservation related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for natural resources & conservation students working on their doctor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The natural resources & conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan.
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