2021 Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer a bachelor's in conservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources conservation programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Texas A&M University - College Station tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional natural resources conservation students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station. Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.
About 0.6% of Texas A&M College Station students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 24,343 students take at least one class online at Texas A&M College Station. 9,943 students are part time.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Texas A&M University - College Station
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best natural resources conservation schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at ASU - Tempe is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. There are roughly 8,480 part time students in attendance at ASU - Tempe.
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University of Arizona earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson. University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 18,254 students take at least one class online at University of Arizona. 12,642 students are part time.
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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best natural resources conservation schools for non-traditional students. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a large public school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.
About 1.8% of Texas A&M Corpus Christi students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,680 students take at least one class online at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. There are roughly 4,339 part time students in attendance at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
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Our rankings recognize Texas State University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos. Texas State also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. 8,642 of Texas State students are attending part time.
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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Phoenix - Arizona. Located in the large city of Phoenix, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.6%. 85,576 students at UOPX - Arizona are exclusively online.
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Our rankings recognize University of Oklahoma Norman Campus as the #7 school in this year's rankings. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman. University of Oklahoma also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region rankings.
About 1.2% of University of Oklahoma students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 12,433 students take at least one class online at University of Oklahoma. About 6,082 of the students at University of Oklahoma are attending part time.
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Northern Arizona University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. NAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff. NAU also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at NAU is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 9,603 students at NAU that take at least one class online. 6,368 students are part time.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a fairly large student population. UTSA not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 20,824 students at UTSA that take at least one class online. 10,436 of UTSA students are attending part time.
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Texas Tech University landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best natural resources conservation schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 22,394 students take at least one class online at Texas Tech. About 7,077 of the students at Texas Tech are attending part time.
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