2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in the Southeast Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 1,581 people earned their degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy, making the major the 362nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 373 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 155 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resources management and policy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental/natural resources management and policy 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 management and policy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in the Southeast Region
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. WCU is a fairly large public school situated in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It awarded 22 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.
WCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,722 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students per year to attend WCU.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. UT Martin is a medium-sized public school situated in Martin, Tennessee. It awarded 28 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Martin, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Martin is $10,955 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #3 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 10 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.
NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school awarded 66 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University is $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 10 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.
Auburn also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Auburn is $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Miami ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
U Miami not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Miami is $46,949 for southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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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%.
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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.
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