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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia” ranking.
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 West Virginia, there were 739 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,220 and $24,939 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 494 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,642 and $26,170 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glenville State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia list. This small school is located in Glenville, West Virginia, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia list. This large school is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and it awarded 313 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shepherd University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia. Shepherdstown, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia list. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 134 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.
Full West Virginia University Natural Resources & Conservation Report
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Alderson Broaddus University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Philippi, West Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
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Bethany College West Virginia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia ranking. Located in Bethany, West Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
Full Bethany College West Virginia Natural Resources & Conservation Report
Wheeling University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia ranking. Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 100%.
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With a ranking of #8, Marshall University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia list. Located in Huntington, West Virginia, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
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West Virginia Wesleyan College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia ranking. Buckhannon, West Virginia 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 1 students in 2020-2021.
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Davis & Elkins College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Resources & Conservation Major in West Virginia list. Located in Elkins, West Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2020-2021.
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