2023 Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
103
Degrees Awarded
$27,873
Avg Salary
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 for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) is the 328th most popular major in the country with 151 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,873 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources conservation (other) programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resources conservation (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northland College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ashland, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other conservation degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Northland also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 570 students enrolled at Northland College were GI Bill® students, of which 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $24,482. On top of their other funding sources, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northland College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Northland College 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.
Credits
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.
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