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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$25,676 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,336 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management School for You

In 2020-2021, 363 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resource management students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #47 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Colorado to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for resource management majors pursuing a .

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resource Management

$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best value school in Colorado for natural resource management students. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $12,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #3 for overall quality for resource management in Colorado.

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$10,021 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Denver are $10,021 per year.

Full Natural Resource Management at Metropolitan State University of Denver Report

#3

University of Denver

Denver, CO
$54,819 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Colorado list. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DU are $54,819 per year.

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Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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.

Majors Similar to Resource Management

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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