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 Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 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.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree resource management students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Ada, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at East Central University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 12 masters’s resource management degrees 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%.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Natural Resource Management Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #3 spot on the list. NAU is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas A&M University - Kingsville
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas A&M College Station
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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