2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services is the 973rd most popular major in the country with 179 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 63 environmental/natural resources law enforcement and protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 environmental/natural resources law enforcement and protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental/natural resources law enforcement and protective services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental/natural resources law enforcement and protective services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree natural resources law enforcement and protective services students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,252 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 19 bachelors’s natural resources law enforcement and protective services degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $19,252 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services at South Dakota State University

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.

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