2023 Most Focused 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.

In 2021-2022, 345 people earned their degree in water, wetlands, & marine resources management, making the major the 784th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 29 water, wetlands, & marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 water, wetlands, & marine resources 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 Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in water, wetlands, & marine resources management. That schools that top this list have a program in water, wetlands, & marine resources management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree water, wetlands, and marine resources management students.

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

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Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management 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 full report on Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management at Texas State

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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#7 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 12 bachelors’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2021-2022.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.