2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Tennessee

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 “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Tennessee for a Doctorate” 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 Tennessee, there were 320 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,876 and $23,214 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,511 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Tennessee for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Tennessee for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree natural resources & conservation students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Tennessee

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

#3 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Tennessee for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 3 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee

#13 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Tennessee for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cookeville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.

Full Tennessee Tech University Natural Resources & Conservation Report

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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

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

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