2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Natural Resources/Conservation, General is the 245th most popular major in the country with 2,981 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southwest region, there were 335 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources/conservation, general. That schools that top this list have a program in natural resources/conservation, general in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southwest Region

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

2

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#7 overall quality in Southwest

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 #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.

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3

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Texas State University

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

• *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.

Credits

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