2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Minnesota for a Master’s

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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 Minnesota, there were 667 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,199 and $23,730 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Minnesota for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Minnesota for a Master’s”.

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

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Bemidji State University
Bemidji, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bemidji State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. Bemidji State University is a public institution located in Bemidji, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at Bemidji State University

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Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

#17 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Minnesota State Mankato

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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.