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2023 Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

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

In 2020-2021, natural resources and conservation students earned 459 degrees and certificates from a Colorado school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Colorado to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Natural Resources & Conservation program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for natural resources and conservation majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the most popular school in Colorado for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

About 61% of the students majoring in natural resources and conservation at the school are women while 39% are male.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, CO

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great place for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 58% of the students majoring in natural resources and conservation at the school are women while 42% are male.

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Out of the 5 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 76 students majoring in natural resources and conservation at CU - Boulder, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Colorado University is a great place for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Gunnison, Western is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 55% of the natural resources and conservation majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular natural resources and conservation schools in Colorado. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in natural resources and conservation at CU Anschutz, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Best Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 40
Montana 82
Idaho 78
Wyoming 8

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 5 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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