2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in New Hampshire

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 New Hampshire, there were 633 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,468 and $25,213 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,663 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources and conservation. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in natural resources and conservation.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire master’s degree natural resources & conservation students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in New Hampshire

1

Antioch University - New England
Keene, New Hampshire

#13 overall quality in New Hampshire

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Antioch University - New England landed the #1 spot on the list. Antioch University - New England is a small school located in Keene, New Hampshire that handed out 48 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Antioch University - New England Natural Resources & Conservation Report

2

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire

#2 overall quality in New Hampshire

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 17 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, 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 86%.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Natural Resources & Conservation Report

3

Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

#9 overall quality in New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in New Hampshire for a Master’s list. Located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.

Full Plymouth State 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.