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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Conservation for a Bachelor’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Conservation for a Bachelor's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Conservation for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 22,254 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,963 and had an average of $23,098 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 176 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,264 and $33,543 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Conservation for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources conservation 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 resources conservation program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Conservation for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree vets studying conservation.

Top 2 Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Missouri

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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Conservation for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list.According to our most recent data, University of Missouri - Columbia supports 31,089 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,384. To help with additional expenses, 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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%.

Full Mizzou Veteran Student Life Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Conservation for a Bachelor’s. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s conservation degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMKC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking.Of the 16,147 students enrolled at University of Missouri - Kansas City, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 University of Missouri - Kansas City Veteran Student Life Report

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