Northwestern has a surprisingly low elevation (175 meters) among the 111 Great Lakes colleges that have a natural resources or conservation major, which have an average of 232 meters.
Among the 3,122 colleges in general, the average is 243 meters and 33rd percentile is 80 meters.
Among the 3,122 colleges in general, the average is 243 meters and 33rd percentile is 80 meters.
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Elevations are calculated by http://www.GPSVisualizer.com from the latitude and longitude from the IPEDS Directory, 2012-13 (Provisional release) by the National Center for Education Statistics (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
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The regions of the country are divided into New England, Mid Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest, Far West, Rocky Mountains, Great Lakes, Plains, and Outlying Areas.
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Information on majors and programs of study is from the Completions Data File, 2011-12 (Provisional release) as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds). Sometimes Data File entries are combined into an umbrella major, e.g., a "Spanish major" is counted if there is a Data File entry for either 16.0905 (Spanish Language and Literature) or 16.0908 (Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General), but not 16.0900 (Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General).
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