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

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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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,116 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota” 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 North Dakota

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

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

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota list. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in North Dakota list. University of North Dakota is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at UND

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation

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.