2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southwest Region

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 Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,750 people earned their degree in natural resources/conservation, general, making the major the 240th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 258 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 196 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources/conservation, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources/conservation, general programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,571 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Texas Tech University

#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 80 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources/Conservation, General students.

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 student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified students.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources/Conservation, General students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at University of Arizona

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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