2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 New Mexico, there were 99 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,100 and $14,338 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 35 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for new mexico bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid.

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#2

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$9,661 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 14 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Highlands University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico Highlands University is $9,661 for new mexico bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid.

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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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