by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 9,274 people earned their degree in environmental science, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 576 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 477 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas” ranking looked at 27 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree bioenvironmental sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a fairly large school located in Corpus Christi, Texas that handed out 54 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. St. Mary’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 27 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 71 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Environmental Science Report
Out of the 27 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #4 spot on the list. UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read full report on Environmental Science at University of Houston - Clear Lake
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 67 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 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%.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Environmental Science Report
The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, McMurry University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. McMurry University is a small school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Concordia University, Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #9. Concordia University, Texas is a small school located in Lakeway, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Concordia University, Texas Environmental Science Report
Baylor University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Baylor is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 20 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Rice University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #12, West Texas A&M University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Full Stephen F Austin State University Environmental Science Report
Texas Christian University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #15, Abilene Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Abilene Christian University Environmental Science Report
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Environmental Science at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
University of Houston ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Tarleton State University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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Texas A&M University - Commerce ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #20. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #21, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas list. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Environmental Science at The University of Texas at Arlington
Lamar University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of St. Thomas came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking. UST is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Wayland Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #23. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Environmental Science at Wayland Baptist University
University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #23. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Science at University of the Incarnate Word
Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #23. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Dallas Baptist University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Dallas Baptist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
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