by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Maine, there were 409 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,692 and $23,464 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,243 and $0 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful natural resources and conservation program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Maine for a Doctorate. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
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