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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 2,834 people earned their degree in natural resources/conservation, general, making the major the 245th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 300 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students.

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 be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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

2

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

#7 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Texas A&M College Station

3

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general students in 2020-2021.

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

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General

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.