by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Natural Resource Management is the 178th most popular major in the country with 3,039 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $37,338 and had an average of $25,025 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 138 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,450 and $20,799 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural resource management.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree resource management students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sul Ross State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Sul Ross State University is a small public school situated in Alpine, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
Full Sul Ross State University Natural Resource Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Angelo State is located in San Angelo, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
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 full report on Natural Resource Management at Angelo State University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region 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 public school situated in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It awarded 2 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at New Mexico Highlands University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas State University
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Natural Resource Management Report
Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Texas Tech University Natural Resource Management Report
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s resource management students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #8, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Resource Management Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Tarleton State University Natural Resource Management Report
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