Natural Resources & Conservation degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #25 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
There was only one school in Idaho to review for the 2025 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Idaho ranking.
The natural resources & conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Idaho.
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Best Schools for Natural Resources & Conservation in Idaho
The schools below may not offer all types of natural resources & conservation degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Idaho Schools in Natural Resources & Conservation
University of Idaho is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in natural resources & conservation. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Degree recipients from the natural resources & conservation program at University of Idaho make $3,778 above the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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