2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 22,202 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,654 and had an average of $25,969 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,872 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,633 and $25,772 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources conservation programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree conservation students.
Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 12 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s conservation degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s conservation degrees to qualified students.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s conservation degrees to qualified students.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi are $15,683.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Arlington are $23,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate 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 8 doctorate’s conservation degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree conservation students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Baylor University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree conservation students list, Baylor has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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