2023 Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
45
Degrees Awarded
$21,700
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans 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 Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Resources Management and Policy for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy is the 348th most popular major in the country with 1,630 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 95 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental/natural resources management and policy programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the environmental/natural resources management and policy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Resources Management and Policy for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Resources Management and Policy for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying natural resources management and policy.
Top 1 Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Resources Management and Policy for a Bachelor’s. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 27 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.
North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 12,846 students enrolled at North Dakota State University - Main Campus, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Dakota State University - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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