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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
273 Degrees Awarded
$6,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Southeast region, there were 6,355 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,049 and $23,759 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 273 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources and conservation programs and cost less that 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 Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree natural resources & conservation students.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in the Southeast Region

#1

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Conway, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality
$5,016 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public institution located in Conway, South Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College is $5,016 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students.

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#2

St Petersburg College

Clearwater, Florida
#2 in overall quality
$3,226 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Petersburg College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. St Petersburg College is a large public school situated in Clearwater, Florida. It awarded 14 associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

SPC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St Petersburg College is $3,226 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students.

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#3

Haywood Community College

Clyde, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality
$5,780 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Haywood Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Clyde, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree natural resources & conservation students list, Haywood Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $5,780 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students per year to attend Haywood Community College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#4

Glenville State College

Glenville, West Virginia
#4 in overall quality
$13,714 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Glenville State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Glenville State College is located in Glenville, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

Glenville State College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Glenville State College is $13,714 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students.

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#5

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton, Georgia
#5 in overall quality
$6,933 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. ABAC Tifton is located in Tifton, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

ABAC Tifton also took the #5 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ABAC Tifton is $6,933 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students.

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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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