by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Natural Resources & Conservation is the 25th most popular major in the country with 30,503 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Arkansas, there were 173 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,060 and $22,025 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,130 and $24,615 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. That schools that top this list have a program in natural resources and conservation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Ozarks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas list. Ozarks is located in Clarksville, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hendrix College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas. Hendrix College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Monticello landed the #3 spot on the list. Monticello, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Arkansas at Monticello
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Conway, Arkansas, this fairly large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Central Arkansas
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Arkansas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas ranking, coming in at #6. ATU is a public institution located in Russellville, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Arkansas Tech University
University of Arkansas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas ranking, coming in at #7. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 29 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
With a ranking of #8, Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas list. A-State is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Natural Resources & Conservation Report
Ouachita Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in Arkansas ranking, coming in at #9. Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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