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2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$35,050 Avg Salary
Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,905 people earned their degree in natural resource management, making the major the 176th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,179 and had an average of $26,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 207 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,050 and $20,895 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 124 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resource management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,250 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas State University.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Texas State

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,421 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas Tech.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas Tech University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,810 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas A&M College Station

#4

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #4 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 5 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Highlands University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,625 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend New Mexico Highlands University.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at New Mexico Highlands University

#5

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $48-$75k list, Tarleton has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,542 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Tarleton State University.

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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

  • *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.

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