by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 Alaska, there were 79 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,855 and $24,086 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources and conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular natural resources and conservation programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Southeast. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s. Located in Juneau, Alaska, this small public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s. University of Alaska Anchorage is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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