2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in New Hampshire

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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 New Hampshire, there were 633 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,468 and $25,213 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,634 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resources and conservation.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in New Hampshire

1

Antioch University - New England
Keene, New Hampshire

#13 overall quality in New Hampshire

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Antioch University - New England landed the #1 spot on the list. Keene, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Antioch University - New England Natural Resources & Conservation Report

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire

#2 overall quality in New Hampshire

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 5 doctorate’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

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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.