2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 152 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation (other), making the major the 328th most popular in the United States. In , natural resources conservation (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $28,009 and had an average of $26,313 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 17 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,303 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resources conservation (other).

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other) in the Far Western US Region

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 15 masters’s other conservation degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Oregon State Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Report

2

California State University - Stanislaus
Turlock, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Stanislaus landed the #2 spot on the list. Stan State is located in Turlock, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s other conservation degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at Stan State

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region. Central Washington University is a medium-sized school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 1 masters’s other conservation degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 Central Washington University Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Report

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.