2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Louisiana
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Louisiana, there were 212 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,568 and $24,330 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 4 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.
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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 Louisiana”.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Louisiana
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Louisiana”.
Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Louisiana
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University and A & M College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 5 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern University and A & M College Natural Resources & Conservation Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full Louisiana State University Natural Resources & Conservation Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #3 spot on the list. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Louisiana list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Tulane University of Louisiana
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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
- *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.
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