by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Natural Resources & Conservation is the 25th most popular major in the country with 30,503 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 North Dakota, there were 67 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,178 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,120 and $27,473 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. That schools that top this list have a program in natural resources and conservation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota list. NHSC is a public institution located in New Town, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valley City State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota. Valley City State University is a small school located in Valley City, North Dakota that handed out 11 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Valley City State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Natural Resources & Conservation Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dickinson State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota. Dickinson, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota list. University of North Dakota is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Jamestown landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota ranking. Located in Jamestown, North Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Jamestown Natural Resources & Conservation Report
University of Mary came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota ranking. Bismarck, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Sitting Bull College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota list. Located in Fort Yates, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Sitting Bull College
United Tribes Technical College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota ranking. United Tribes Technical College is a small school located in Bismarck, North Dakota that handed out 0 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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