2025 Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in South Carolina
3Colleges in South Carolina
151Conservation Degrees Awarded
$38,227Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in natural resources conservation is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #49 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 151 degrees in natural resources conservation annually.
Choosing a Great Natural Resources Conservation School
Your choice of natural resources conservation school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Natural Resources Conservation School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Natural Resources Conservation Rankings by Degree Level
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 the Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in South Carolina.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Natural Resources Conservation in South Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the conservation degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in natural resources conservation. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were about 57 natural resources conservation students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the conservation program state that they receive average early career wages of $35,081.
It's hard to beat Clemson University if you wish to pursue a degree in natural resources conservation. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 35 natural resources conservation students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the conservation program make an average of $25,115 in the first couple years of working.
Every student pursuing a degree in natural resources conservation needs to take a look at Wofford College. Wofford is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Spartanburg. This college ranks 8th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 14 natural resources conservation students who graduated with this degree at Wofford in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the conservation program earn an average of $30,824 in their early career salary.
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).
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Your choice of natural resources conservation school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Natural Resources Conservation School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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