by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 805 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,736 and $28,561 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 310 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in natural resource management. That schools that top this list have a program in natural resource management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree resource management students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lipscomb University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Lipscomb University is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 17 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Lipscomb University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region. Charles Town, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 111 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at American Military University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 44 masters’s resource management 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Miami
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 72 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Virginia Tech
University of South Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. USA is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 12 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at University of South Alabama
Duke University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Duke University
University of North Carolina at Wilmington ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Wilmington, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Tuskegee University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tuskegee University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tuskegee, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Tuskegee University
North Carolina State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, 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 94%.
Full North Carolina State University Natural Resource Management Report
Florida International University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, 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%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Florida International University
West Virginia University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 1 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, Florida Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 2 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Florida Tech
Nova Southeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at NUS Florida
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