2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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In 2019-2020, 1,581 people earned their degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy, making the major the 362nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 145 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 91 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental/natural resources management and policy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental/natural resources management and policy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$14,069 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Las Vegas, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Highlands University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,069 for southwest region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend New Mexico Highlands University.

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#2

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$21,678 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tarleton is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 54 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton is $21,678 for southwest region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Tarleton State University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income $75-$110k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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