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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Utah” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Utah, there were 264 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,976 and $21,250 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,681 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Utah” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best for utah doctor’s degree natural resources & conservation students.

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

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Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#5 overall quality in Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Utah list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 2 doctorate’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, Utah

#1 overall quality in Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Utah. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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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

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