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

5 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Southwest region, there were 207 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,050 and $20,895 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 124 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resource management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students with aid per year to attend Texas State.

Full Texas State Natural Resource Management Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Texas Tech

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Texas A&M University - College Station

#4

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarleton, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students with aid per year to attend Tarleton State University.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Tarleton

#5

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Highlands University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,661 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid per year to attend New Mexico Highlands University.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at New Mexico Highlands 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.

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