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 Resources Management and Policy Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy is the 348th most popular major in the country with 1,630 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 792 environmental/natural resources management and policy 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 Resources Management and Policy Major” ranking analyzed 44 colleges that offered a degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental/natural resources management and policy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major”.
Out of the 44 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Paul Smiths, New York, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Paul Smith’s College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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 Sul Ross State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Sul Ross State University is a small school located in Alpine, Texas that handed out 18 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sul Ross State University Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report
Out of the 44 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2020-2021.
Full UW - Stevens Point Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. UT Martin is located in Martin, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to qualified students.
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SUNY Cobleskill landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking. Located in Cobleskill, New York, this small public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2020-2021.
Full SUNY Cobleskill Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report
Oregon State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 160 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Oregon State
Everglades University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking. Everglades U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Everglades University Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report
North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Marist College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking. Marist is a medium-sized school located in Poughkeepsie, New York that handed out 14 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read more about Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Marist
Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 59 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Colorado State
University of Hawaii at Manoa came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, Morrisville State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Morrisville, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Western Carolina University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Cullowhee, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at WCU
Delaware State University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Dover, Delaware is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Full Del State Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, Alderson Broaddus University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Alderson Broaddus University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philippi, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Alderson Broaddus University Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report
Loyola University Chicago did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking, coming in at #18. Chicago, Illinois 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 27 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Loyola University Chicago
University of New Haven ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 10 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at University of New Haven
Pitzer College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Pitzer is located in Claremont, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Full Pitzer College Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report
Concordia College at Moorhead ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. Located in Moorhead, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
University of Idaho did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 Management and Policy at U of I
Angelo State University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Angelo State University
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major ranking, coming in at #24. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #25, University of Miami did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources Management and Policy Major list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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