2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Natural Resource Management Master'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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the United States to see which master'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.
Featured Resource Management Programs
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Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Top 10 Best Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the United States for natural resource management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. 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.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Dakota State University also is in the top 20% of our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resource management schools in the United States. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Unity is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Unity.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Unity are $9,750 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resource management schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 per year.
Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list.
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University of Delaware landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree natural resource management programs. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.
UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.
UD also claimed a spot on our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for natural resource management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
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North Carolina State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
NC State graduate students pay an average of $29,690 in tuition and fees each year.
NC State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list.
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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
UW - Stevens Point graduate students pay an average of $19,209 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree natural resource management programs. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.
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Natural Resource Management Related Majors for Resource Management
One of 5 majors within the area of study, natural resource management has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| 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 25 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.
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