by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Natural Resource Management is the 178th most popular major in the country with 2,933 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southwest region, there were 131 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,450 and $21,391 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 84 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in natural resource management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their natural resource management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sul Ross State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Sul Ross is a small school located in Alpine, Texas that handed out 18 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sul Ross State University Natural Resource Management Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a small school located in Weatherford, Oklahoma that handed out 21 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Angelo State University is located in San Angelo, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
Full Angelo State University Natural Resource Management Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at New Mexico Highlands University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Full Texas State University Natural Resource Management Report
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Natural Resource Management Report
Texas Tech University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, 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 87%.
Full Texas Tech University Natural Resource Management Report
With a ranking of #8, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at NMSU Main Campus
Tarleton State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tarleton is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Tarleton State University
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