2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region
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Environmental Studies is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 784 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 108 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in environmental studies.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree ecosystem studies students.
Top 9 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Southwest Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Prescott College landed the #1 spot on the list. Prescott College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Prescott, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Environmental Studies at Prescott College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 33 degrees to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies 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%.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Environmental Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Rice is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees to qualified students.
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 freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Studies at Rice University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 31 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Environmental Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Environmental Studies Report
The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 14 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UT Austin Environmental Studies Report
With a ranking of #7, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Arizona Environmental Studies Report
New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 4 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full NMSU Main Campus Environmental Studies Report
Baylor University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Baylor University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 20 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Environmental Studies at Baylor University
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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