by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 22,254 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,963 and had an average of $23,098 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alabama, there were 248 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,433 and $26,821 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 185 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $28,178 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources conservation. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in natural resources conservation.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia Southern University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Orange Beach, Alabama. It awarded 84 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school awarded 45 degrees to qualified bachelors’s conservation students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University at Montgomery. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s. AUM is a public institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s conservation degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Auburn University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s. Troy University is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 8 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Birmingham Southern College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s list. BSC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Tuskegee University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s ranking. Tuskegee, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s conservation degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
University of Montevallo ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s list. Montevallo is a small school located in Montevallo, Alabama that handed out 7 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
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Miles College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s ranking. Miles College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Samford University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s conservation students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Samford University
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