2023 Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
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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 New York 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 New York, there were 154 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,940 and $20,784 respectively.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Resource Management for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Resource Management for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Resource Management for a Doctorate list. ESF is a small public school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
ESF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Among the 2,127 students enrolled at ESF, 42 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,672. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. ESF offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
Full SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Veteran Student Life Report
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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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