Natural Resource Management isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #149 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of natural resource management. Combined, these schools handed out 173 bachelor's degrees in natural resource management to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on natural resource management students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of natural resource management students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for natural resource management to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized natural resource management related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for natural resource management students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Natural Resource Management Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in natural resource management. Located in the rural area of Paul Smiths, Paul Smith's College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Those natural resource management students who get their bachelor's degree from Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science receive $2,912 more than the standard resource management student.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in natural resource management. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduation, resource management bachelor's recipients generally earn about $36,040 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
