by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,933 people earned their degree in natural resource management, making the major the 178th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,190 and had an average of $25,062 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 250 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,460 and $26,958 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 175 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resource management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resource management.
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The resource management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Paul Smith’s College is a small school located in Paul Smiths, New York that handed out 40 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management 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.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Cobleskill, New York, this small public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morrisville State College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Morrisville State College is a public institution located in Morrisville, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marist College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Marist College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Poughkeepsie, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Delaware State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Dover, Delaware is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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Juniata College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Juniata is a private not-for-profit institution located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, 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.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 28 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Carnegie Mellon University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Carnegie Mellon University
University of Delaware came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at University of Delaware
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