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2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
291 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor's in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 30,341 people earned their degree in natural resources and conservation, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 376 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,900 and $23,599 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 291 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,191 and $26,651 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, Alabama
#5 in overall quality
$10,368 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia Southern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Orange Beach, Alabama, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 92 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our alabama bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid list, Columbia Southern University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. It costs about $10,368 for alabama bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid per year to attend Columbia Southern University.

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#2

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama
#3 in overall quality
$13,987 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University at Montgomery. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Auburn University at Montgomery is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AUM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. It costs about $13,987 for alabama bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid per year to attend Auburn University at Montgomery.

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#3

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality
$24,104 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 103 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $24,104 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#2 in overall quality
$22,597 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 39 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our alabama bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid list, UA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Alabama is $22,597 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, Alabama
#4 in overall quality
$34,575 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tuskegee University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Tuskegee, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our alabama bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid list, Tuskegee has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. It costs about $34,575 for alabama bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid per year to attend Tuskegee University.

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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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