by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 30,503 people earned their degree in natural resources and conservation, making the major the 25th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,158 and had an average of $23,267 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 409 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,692 and $23,464 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their natural resources and conservation program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree natural resources & conservation students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Unity, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Fort Kent. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine. University of Maine at Fort Kent is a small school located in Fort Kent, Maine that handed out 3 associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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