by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 3,039 people earned their degree in natural resource management, making the major the 178th most popular in the United States. In , natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $37,338 and had an average of $25,025 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 417 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,404 and $20,528 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,470 and $126,402 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resource management.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree resource management students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Michigan State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 0 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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