2023 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina
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Ranked Colleges
136
Degrees Awarded
$36,420
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Natural Resources & Conservation for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 30,503 people earned their degree in natural resources and conservation, making the major the 25th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,158 and had an average of $23,267 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 255 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,513 and $22,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 136 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources and conservation programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources and conservation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The natural resources & conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Natural Resources & Conservation for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Natural Resources & Conservation for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Natural Resources & Conservation for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Natural Resources & Conservation for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Clemson also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking.Among the 26,406 students enrolled at Clemson, 922 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 429 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,920. To help with additional expenses, 15 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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