2023 Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Great Lakes Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Natural Resource Management is the 178th most popular major in the country with 2,933 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 373 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,404 and $21,773 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resource management programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 4 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee supports 24,565 students, and 983 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 494 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,519. To help with additional expenses, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Resource Management for a Doctorate list. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Michigan State also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 49,695 students enrolled at Michigan State University were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,686. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at Michigan State University]](/colleges/michigan-state-university/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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