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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management

5 Ranked Colleges
88 Degrees Awarded
$15,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 320 people earned their degree in water, wetlands, and marine resources management, making the major the 702nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in water, wetlands, and marine resources management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great water, wetlands, and marine resources management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the water, wetlands, and marine resources management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

USU also made our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,634 for Bachelor’s Degree Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management students per year to attend Utah State University.

Full Utah State University Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,230 for Bachelor’s Degree Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management students per year to attend Texas State.

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#3

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Gulf Coast University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s. Florida Gulf Coast University is located in Fort Myers, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees to qualified students.

FGCU also made our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for FGCU is $11,606 for bachelor’s degree water, wetlands, and marine resources management students.

Full FGCU Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State is $18,668 for bachelor’s degree water, wetlands, and marine resources management students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

#1 in overall quality

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 Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Bachelor’s Degree Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management students.

The low 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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