by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,933 people earned their degree in natural resource management, making the major the 178th most popular in the United States. 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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in natural resource management.
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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 Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. ASU - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. ECU is a small school located in Ada, Oklahoma that handed out 9 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Northern Arizona University
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 7 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Natural Resource Management Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 1 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas A&M Kingsville
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