2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$26,937
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 the Great Lakes Region for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 151 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation (other), making the major the 328th most popular in the United States. 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.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 33 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,937 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources conservation (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Conservation for a Bachelor’s list. Northland is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ashland, Wisconsin. It awarded 25 bachelors’s other conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying other conservation list, Northland has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 570 students enrolled at Northland College, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school 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.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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