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

5 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$20,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Resource Management is the 176th most popular major in the country with 2,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resource management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resource management programs that also have a lower cost than 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 $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k. 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.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $19,683 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas State University

#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 $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 5 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 $75-$110k list, Texas Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $21,305 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

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#3

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Highlands University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

New Mexico Highlands University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico Highlands University is $14,069 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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 #4 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $26,028 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $75-$110k 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 54 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 $75-$110k list, Tarleton has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton State University is $21,678 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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