2023 Most Well Attended Natural Resource Economics Major in the Southeast Region

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Environmental/Natural Resource Economics is the 1013th most popular major in the country with 118 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 8 environmental/natural resource economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Resource Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resource economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular environmental/natural resource economics programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Natural Resource Economics Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region natural resource economics students.

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics in the Southeast Region

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

$44,189 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,020 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Resource Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 4 ’s natural resource economics degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Economics at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

2

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

$46,248 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,343 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Resource Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #2 spot on the list. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s natural resource economics degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resource Economics at West Virginia University

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Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Alabama

$50,446 Average Early-Career Earnings

$30,975 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tuskegee University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Natural Resource Economics Major in the Southeast Region. Tuskegee, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s natural resource economics degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

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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

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 Brian M. Powell.