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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$35,404 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, natural resource management was ranked #178 in the country. In fact 2,933 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for resource management students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Natural Resource Management

Our analysis found Utah State University to be the best value school for natural resource management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

USU also took the #2 spot in our Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Full Natural Resource Management at Utah State University Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.

Colorado State also took the #5 spot in our Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#3

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Out of the 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Denver

Best Natural Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best natural resource management schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 363
Utah 18
Idaho 35
Montana 37
Wyoming 25

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 3 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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