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2022 Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
225 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor's in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Natural Resources & Conservation is the 26th most popular major in the country with 30,341 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,196 and had an average of $25,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 276 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 225 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources and conservation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources and conservation 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 natural resources and conservation 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 Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income Over $110k) in Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k. UT Chattanooga is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Chattanooga, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is $12,952 for tennessee bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

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#2

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cookeville, Tennessee, this fairly large public school handed out 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee Technological University is $15,929 for tennessee bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Tennessee Technological University Natural Resources & Conservation Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Martin landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Martin is located in Martin, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

UT Martin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Tennessee - Martin is $10,955 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

Full UT Martin Natural Resources & Conservation Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 53 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $18,825 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UT Knoxville Natural Resources & Conservation Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sewanee - The University of the South. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making Over $110k list. Sewanee is located in Sewanee, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our tennessee bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make more than $110k list, Sewanee has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sewanee - The University of the South is $30,474 for tennessee bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

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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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