2023 Best Value Colleges for Conservation Biology in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$21,400
Avg Net Price*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 309 people earned their degree in conservation biology, making the major the 694th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 36 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in conservation biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent conservation biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the conservation biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region.
Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Conservation Biology in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region list. Florida Tech is located in Melbourne, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 ’s conservation biology degrees to qualified students.
Florida Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Florida Tech is $31,009 for Southeast Region Conservation Biology students.
Read full report on Conservation Biology at Florida Institute of Technology
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 6 ’s conservation biology degrees in 2020-2021.
USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $8,346 for southeast region conservation biology students per year to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Conservation Biology Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Warren Wilson College landed the #3 spot on the list. Warren Wilson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It awarded 3 ’s conservation biology degrees in 2020-2021.
Warren Wilson also took the #3 spot in our “Best Conservation Biology Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Warren Wilson is $24,696 for Southeast Region Conservation Biology students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Conservation Biology at Warren Wilson
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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