2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in South Carolina

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In 2020-2021, 30,503 people earned their degree in natural resources and conservation, making the major the 25th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,158 and had an average of $23,267 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 255 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,513 and $22,250 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,384 and $21,243 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in South Carolina” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their natural resources and conservation program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in South Carolina”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in South Carolina

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Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Carolina Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Sumter, South Carolina, and it awarded 13 associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Central Carolina Natural Resources & Conservation Report

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Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Conway, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in South Carolina list. This medium-sized school is located in Conway, South Carolina, and it awarded 24 associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.