2025 Best Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
417Resource Management Degrees Awarded
$43,335Avg Early-Career Salary
Natural Resource Management isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #178 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for natural resource management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 417 degrees in natural resource management annually.
Choosing a Great Natural Resource Management School
The resource management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Natural Resource Management rankings. For our Best Overall Natural Resource Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Natural Resource Management Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Natural Resource Management in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the resource management degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Resource Management
It is hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point if you want to pursue a degree in natural resource management. Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 35th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 105 natural resource management students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stevens Point in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the resource management program state that they receive average early career earnings of $40,553.
Michigan State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in natural resource management. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 39 natural resource management students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the natural resource management program at Michigan State University make $5,632 more than the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great choice for students interested in a degree in natural resource management. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 68 natural resource management students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the resource management program earn around $35,019 for their early career.
It's hard to beat Loyola University Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in natural resource management. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 natural resource management students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Nelsonville, Hocking Technical College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 64th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 53 natural resource management students who graduated with this degree at Hocking Technical College in the most recent data year. After graduating, resource management degree recipients generally earn an average of $27,817 in their early careers.
Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 32 natural resource management students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent year we have data available. Those natural resource management students who get their degree from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee make $3,189 more than the average resource management grad.
BGSU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Bowling Green. This university ranks 18th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 10 natural resource management students who graduated with this degree at BGSU in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the resource management program earn around $24,596 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The resource management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Natural Resource Management rankings. For our Best Overall Natural Resource Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
