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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

34 Colleges
$25,970 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,985 Avg Salary

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.

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

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

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 school with a very large student population.

American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each 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 city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a year.

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

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

Full Natural Resource Management at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

#4

Unity College

Unity, ME

Out of the 34 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Unity is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Unity.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Unity are $9,750 per year.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

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.

Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $31,443 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Virginia Tech also is in the top 5% of our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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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 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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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per 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 fairly 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 town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Stevens Point are $19,209 a year.

Full Natural Resource Management at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Report

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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 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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