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

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$49,771 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 227 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resources conservation students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine 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 conservation majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Unity College

Unity, ME

Our 2023 rankings named Unity College the most popular school in Maine for natural resources conservation students working on their master’s degree. Unity is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Unity.

Of the 18 students majoring in conservation at Unity, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 67% of the conservation majors at the school.

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Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,098
Connecticut 362
New Hampshire 571
Rhode Island 88
Vermont 387

Natural Resources Conservation is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resource Management 2,933
Wildlife Management 2,449
Forestry 2,233
Fisheries Sciences 483
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 151

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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