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Most Popular Schools for General Natural Resources/Conservation Major & Degree Program

A general program that focuses on the studies and activities relating to the natural environment and its conservation, use, and improvement. Includes instruction in subjects such as climate, air, soil, water, land, fish and wildlife, and plant resources; in the basic principles of environmental science and natural resources management; and the recreational and economic uses of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Duke University 109 2% $74,339
2 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 107 1% $30,298
3 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 104 1% $30,913
4 University of California-Berkeley 101 1% $38,066
5 Colorado State University-Fort Collins 97 1% $26,231
6 Cornell University 89 1% $73,904
7 Florida State University 79 1% $22,168
8 University of California-Davis 71 1% $35,177
9 Texas Tech University 66 1% $24,472
10 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 61 1% $24,936
11 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 56 0% $36,652
12 Grand Valley State University 55 1% $24,948
13 University of Arizona 54 1% $29,217
14 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 52 1% $23,977
15 University of Connecticut 52 1% $32,404
16 University of Maryland-University College 52 0% $7,416
17 The University of Montana 52 2% $20,966
18 University of Missouri-Columbia 51 1% $26,766
19 Towson University 50 1% $26,834
20 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 47 1% $33,750
21 Ohio State University-Main Campus 45 0% $27,367
22 Central Michigan University 44 1% $24,889
23 Vermilion Community College 42 22% $18,452
24 Texas A & M University-College Station 41 0% $29,506
25 American River College 40 1% $2,958
26 Fox Valley Technical College 38 1% $6,525
27 University of Vermont 37 1% $34,210
28 Colorado Northwestern Community College 34 11% $18,642
29 Vincennes University 34 1% $20,202
30 Santa Rosa Junior College 33 1% $3,246
31 Clemson University 32 1% $31,270
32 University of Minnesota-Crookston 31 7% $23,560
33 University of Wisconsin-River Falls 27 2% $17,937
34 West Valley College 27 3% $3,317
35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 26 0% $26,025
36 Mt Hood Community College 26 1% $7,001
37 University of Kentucky 24 0% $30,101
38 Kirkwood Community College 22 1% $7,332
39 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 22 4% $28,994
40 Humboldt State University 20 1% $24,811
41 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 20 1% $25,147
42 Purdue University-Main Campus 19 0% $22,822
43 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 19 1% $19,069
44 Kent State University at Kent 16 0% $25,886
45 Skagit Valley College 16 1% $18,000
46 University of Alaska Fairbanks 16 1% $20,281
47 Northern Marianas College 16 5% $5,638
48 Columbia College 14 3% $3,082
49 Reedley College 14 1% $11,802
50 Dabney S Lancaster Community College 13 4% $6,125
51 Upper Iowa University 13 1% $43,750
52 Oregon State University 12 0% $26,892
53 University of Georgia 12 0% $26,688
54 Mississippi State University 11 0% $24,957
55 Mountain Empire Community College 11 2% $6,210
56 College of the Desert 11 1% $3,252
57 The University of the South 11 2% $60,950
58 Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute 10 4% $23,065
59 Finger Lakes Community College 10 1% $18,002
60 Walla Walla Community College 10 1% $5,455
61 College of Western Idaho 10 1% $3,960
62 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 9 0% $30,360
63 Southeastern Oklahoma State University 8 1% $17,430
64 Lake Superior State University 8 1% $24,477
65 Green River College 7 0% $4,923
66 Butte College 7 0% $3,286
67 SUNY at Purchase College 7 1% $26,982
68 Montana State University 6 0% $22,453
69 Lackawanna College 6 2% $30,460
70 University of Michigan-Dearborn 6 0% $14,230
71 College of Menominee Nation 6 15% $6,960
72 Auburn University 6 0% $31,590
73 Ball State University 5 0% $24,550
74 Treasure Valley Community College 5 1% $16,703
75 Pamlico Community College 5 1% $3,087
76 North Idaho College 5 0% $14,862
77 Unity College 5 4% $41,720
78 De Anza College 5 0% $3,478
79 Washington State University 4 0% $27,484
80 Green Mountain College 4 2% $50,352
81 SUNY Oneonta 4 0% $25,028
82 University of Lynchburg 4 1% $52,880
83 SUNY Morrisville 4 1% $29,300
84 Central Lakes College-Brainerd 3 0% $6,493
85 Zane State College 3 1% $6,756
86 University of Pennsylvania 3 0% $74,408
87 Stone Child College 3 9% $3,945
88 Bastyr University 3 1% N/A
89 Phoenix College 3 0% $3,494
90 University of Rio Grande 3 1% $43,875
91 Bay de Noc Community College 3 1% $17,288
92 University of Nevada-Reno 3 0% $25,039
93 Shasta College 3 0% $11,397
94 Lubbock Christian University 2 0% $36,284
95 Hampshire College 2 1% $67,174
96 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2 0% $27,898
97 American Samoa Community College 2 1% $6,550
98 SUNY at Albany 1 0% $26,734
99 Colorado State University-Pueblo 1 0% $27,280
100 Sullivan County Community College 1 0% $18,988

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Natural Resources/Conservation, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.