2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Hydrology & Water Resources Science in California
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 221 people earned their degree in hydrology and water resources science, making the major the 840th most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 27 hydrology and water resources science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 hydrology and water resources science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in hydrology and water resources science. That schools that top this list have a program in hydrology and water resources science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in California
The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree hydrology and water resources science students.
Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Hydrology & Water Resources Science in California
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in California. University of California - Santa Barbara is located in Santa Barbara, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s hydrology and water resources science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Hydrology & Water Resources Science at University of California - Santa Barbara
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in California list. University of California - Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s hydrology and water resources science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Hydrology & Water Resources Science at UC Davis
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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
- *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.
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