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2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

4 Ranked Colleges
36 Degrees Awarded
$23,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Texas, there were 949 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,457 and $25,453 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources conservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources conservation programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas”.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas doctor’s degree conservation students.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in Texas

#1 in overall quality

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 Texas list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas doctor’s degree conservation students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. 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.

Full Texas A&M College Station Natural Resources Conservation Report

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s conservation degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our texas doctor’s degree conservation students list, Texas State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Texas State University

#3 in overall quality

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 #3 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas. The University of Texas at Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Arlington are $23,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s conservation students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas doctor’s degree conservation students list, Texas A&M Corpus Christi has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi are $15,683, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M Corpus Christi Natural Resources Conservation Report

#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s conservation degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas doctor’s degree conservation students list, Baylor has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University 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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