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

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources/conservation, general. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their natural resources/conservation, general program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’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 Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources/Conservation, General Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

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

Full University of Arizona Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

2

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

#7 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s 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. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to qualified 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

• Most Focused Master’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.