by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 997 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major” ranking, we looked at 60 colleges that offer 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. Unity is a small school located in New Gloucester, Maine that handed out 6 masters’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Unity College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 173 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Denver Natural Resource Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major. Located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Out of the 60 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Antioch University - New England landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Antioch University - New England
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lipscomb University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major. Lipscomb is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
East Central University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. Located in Ada, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking, coming in at #7. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 78 masters’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
University of Idaho did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking, coming in at #8. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 46 masters’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Idaho
American Public University System ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 106 degrees to qualified masters’s resource management students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full American Public University System Natural Resource Management Report
With a ranking of #10, University of Miami did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. University of Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 93 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Virginia Tech did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking, coming in at #11. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 94 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Oregon State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 49 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Lehigh University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking. Lehigh University is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 masters’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Lehigh University
With a ranking of #14, Montana State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 28 masters’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Montana State University Natural Resource Management Report
North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking, coming in at #15. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 15 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at North Dakota State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #16, University of Rhode Island did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 31 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #17, Universidad Metropolitana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. Located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
University of Hawaii at Manoa came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 18 masters’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 Resource Management at University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of South Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking, coming in at #19. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 5 masters’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of the District of Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking, coming in at #20. University of the District of Columbia is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at University of the District of Columbia
With a ranking of #21, SUNY Oneonta did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. Located in Oneonta, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students 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%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at SUNY Oneonta
Duke University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Duke University
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public school situated in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It awarded 8 masters’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Natural Resource Management Report
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major list. ESF is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major ranking, coming in at #25. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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