2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 320 people earned their degree in water, wetlands, and marine resources management, making the major the 702nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 41 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in water, wetlands, and marine resources management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality water, wetlands, and marine resources 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 water, wetlands, and marine resources management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,230 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 13 bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management students.

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#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree water, wetlands, and marine resources management students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree water, wetlands, and marine resources management students per year to attend Texas A&M 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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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management

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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