2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Wisconsin

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Wisconsin for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 30,503 people earned their degree in natural resources and conservation, making the major the 25th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,158 and had an average of $23,267 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 1,171 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,067 and $23,948 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,274 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Wisconsin for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources and conservation. To top this list, a school must have a successful natural resources and conservation program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Wisconsin for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin doctor’s degree natural resources & conservation students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Wisconsin

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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#1 overall quality in Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Wisconsin for a Doctorate list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 Wisconsin - Madison Natural Resources & Conservation Report

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#13 overall quality in Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Wisconsin for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

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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).
• 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.