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2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
201 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Resources/Conservation, General is the 240th most popular major in the country with 2,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 444 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 201 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources/conservation, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources/conservation, general programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources/conservation, general program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school awarded 63 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2019-2020.

Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State University is $9,789 for southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Florida State University

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. NC State is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 52 bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students with aid.

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.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at NC State

#3

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources/Conservation, General students with aid per year to attend Mississippi State University.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Mississippi State

#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UK is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #5 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Kentucky is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources/Conservation, General students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at University of Kentucky

#5

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Clemson University is $20,008 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources/Conservation, General students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Clemson Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

#6

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia
#7 in overall quality

University of Lynchburg did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. University of Lynchburg is a small school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 3 bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students with aid list, Lynchburg has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,207 for southeast region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students with aid per year to attend Lynchburg.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Lynchburg

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Sewanee - The University of the South did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Sewanee is a small school located in Sewanee, Tennessee that handed out 13 bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2019-2020.

Sewanee did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $30,474 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources/Conservation, General students with aid per year to attend Sewanee.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Sewanee - The University of the South Natural Resources/Conservation, General 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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