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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Colorado, there were 1,156 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,335 and $24,239 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 392 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The natural resources & conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Colorado University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado list. Western is located in Gunnison, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.
Full Western Colorado University Natural Resources & Conservation Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado list. University of Denver is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 137 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 138 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 76 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, 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 85%.
Full University of Colorado Boulder Natural Resources & Conservation Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Colorado list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 12 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
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 more about Natural Resources & Conservation at CU Anschutz
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