You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in natural resources & conservation. It is ranked #25 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in South Dakota to review for the 2025 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in South Dakota ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in South Dakota list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Natural Resources & Conservation in South Dakota
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the natural resources & conservation degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top South Dakota Schools in Natural Resources & Conservation
Any student pursuing a degree in natural resources & conservation needs to look into South Dakota State University. South Dakota State is a fairly large public university located in the town of Brookings.
Students who graduate with their degree from the natural resources & conservation program state that they receive average early career earnings of $39,483.
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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