by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular natural resource management programs in the United States.
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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 “Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas A&M College Station
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sul Ross State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Sul Ross State University 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
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas State University Natural Resource Management Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #5 spot on the list. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
New Mexico Highlands University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico Highlands University Natural Resource Management Report
Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Natural Resource Management Report
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