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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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 “Best Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make more than $110k.

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

Full Texas Tech University Natural Resource Management Report

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Texas State.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Texas State University

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

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 Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k 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 public institution located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

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 yearly cost to attend New Mexico Highlands University is $9,661 for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at New Mexico Highlands University

#5

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make more than $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 is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make more than $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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