2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Resources/Conservation, General is the 240th most popular major in the country with 2,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 258 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 196 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources/conservation, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources/conservation, general programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resources/conservation, general 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 Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

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 #1 for the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 80 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students with aid list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources/Conservation, General students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,571 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Natural Resources/Conservation, General at Texas Tech University

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 54 bachelors’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources/Conservation, General students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Natural Resources/Conservation, General at University of Arizona

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General (With Aid)

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 Lynn Betts.

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