by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in Texas” ranking - to help you make that 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 Texas, there were 80 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 10 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 3 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in Texas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in Texas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in Texas list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on 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 #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in Texas. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Natural Resource Management Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 87%.
Full Texas Tech University Natural Resource Management Report
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