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2023 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$56,413 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor's Degree School for You

Natural Resources & Conservation is the #24 most popular major in the country with 5,744 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the natural resources and conservation doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan Technological University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for natural resources and conservation students working on their doctor’s degree. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resources and conservation schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a great place for natural resources and conservation students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree natural resources and conservation programs. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree natural resources and conservation programs. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Natural Resources & Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for natural resources and conservation students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree natural resources and conservation programs. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

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Best Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges by State

Explore the best natural resources and conservation schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 159
Indiana 94
Ohio 88
Wisconsin 132
Michigan 243

Natural Resources & Conservation Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 3,724
Natural Resource Management 1,073
Forestry 486
Wildlife Management 323
Fisheries Sciences 106
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 32

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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