2024 Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in natural resources conservation, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #33 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 112 bachelor's degrees in natural resources conservation during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to natural resources conservation students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other natural resources conservation students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt natural resources conservation students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized natural resources conservation related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for natural resources conservation students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Natural Resources Conservation Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Natural Resources Conservation in South Carolina

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in natural resources conservation.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Conservation

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

47 Annual Graduates

$34,341 Median Starting Salary

$25,500 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in natural resources conservation has to check out University of South Carolina - Columbia. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the conservation program make around $34,341 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in natural resources conservation from University of South Carolina - Columbia

2

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

35 Annual Graduates

$31,797 Median Starting Salary

$21,200 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in natural resources conservation needs to look into Clemson University. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the conservation program earn around $31,797 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in natural resources conservation from Clemson University

Best Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	809
Georgia	224	158
Tennessee	220	106
North Carolina	213	795
Virginia	213	407
Kentucky	187	84
Alabama	184	185
Louisiana	171	87
Mississippi	169	6
Arkansas	167	80
West Virginia	147	366

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Natural Resources Conservation Related Rankings by Major

Natural Resources Conservation is one of 5 different types of Natural Resources & Conservation programs to choose from.

Conservation Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Environmental Studies	49
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	35
Environmental Science	28

Majors Similar to Conservation

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Forestry	24

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts. More about our data sources and methodologies.