by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism is the 847th most popular major in the country with 177 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 84 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The natural resource recreation and tourism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree natural resource recreation and tourism students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major list. Unity, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Unity College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryville College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major. Maryville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Full Maryville College Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #3 spot on the list. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at UM
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Laramie, Wyoming, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at UW
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major list. UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Auburn University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Auburn University
University of Georgia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major ranking. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UGA Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Report
Johnson & Wales University - Providence ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Major list. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to qualified students.
Full JWU Providence Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Report
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