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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$29,448 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management Doctor's Degree School for You

Natural Resource Management is the #178 most popular major in the country with 2,933 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Natural Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for resource management students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Natural Resource Management

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the United States for natural resource management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.

North Dakota State University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $25,651 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a great value for natural resource management students working on their doctor’s degree. ESF is a small public school located in the city of Syracuse.

ESF graduate students pay an average of $24,950 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WVU are $26,676 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resource management schools in the United States. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

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#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #6, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resource management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.

Michigan State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resource management students working on their doctor’s degree. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree natural resource management programs. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH Manoa are $34,550 per year.

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Natural Resource Management by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 5 majors within the area of study, natural resource management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 22,254
Wildlife Management 2,449
Forestry 2,233
Fisheries Sciences 483
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 151

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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