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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
291 Degrees Awarded
$17,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Resource Management is the 176th most popular major in the country with 2,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,179 and had an average of $26,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 434 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,057 and $22,275 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 291 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in natural resource management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resource management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Bakersfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

CSUB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for CSUB is $5,318 for far western us region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

Full CSUB Natural Resource Management Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 31 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa is $15,030 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 UH Manoa Natural Resource Management Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 90 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $21,595 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students with aid per year to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 Natural Resource Management at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

#4

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. WWU is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WWU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Washington University is $16,529 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Western Washington University

#5

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school handed out 142 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State University is $20,016 for far western us region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Oregon State University

#6

Humboldt State University

Arcata, California

With a ranking of #6, Humboldt State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Arcata, California, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

Humboldt State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $14,692 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students with aid per year to attend Humboldt State University.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Humboldt State University

#7

University of Redlands

Redlands, California
#5 in overall quality

University of Redlands did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. University of Redlands is a small school located in Redlands, California that handed out 5 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Redlands not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Redlands is $27,958 for far western us region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at University of Redlands

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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.

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