2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
113
Degrees Awarded
$38,241
Avg Salary
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,933 people earned their degree in natural resource management, making the major the 178th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,190 and had an average of $25,062 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 182 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,241 and $26,099 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resource management 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 natural resource management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 37 of the 14,348 students enrolled at UNH were GI Bill® students, of which 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,247. During this same period, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus]](/colleges/university-of-new-hampshire-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s list. Unity, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.
Unity did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 1,429 students enrolled at Unity College, 38 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,720. During this same period, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Unity College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s list. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 29 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Rhode Island supports 17,649 students, and 381 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 187 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,022. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Rhode Island Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Resource Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, UVM supports 13,292 students, and 218 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 142 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,767. On top of their other funding sources, 19 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UVM]](/colleges/university-of-vermont/student-life/veterans/)
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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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