2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Natural Resource Management School for You
In 2020-2021, 71 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resource management students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #165 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for resource management students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resource Management
Our analysis found Western Carolina University to be the best value school for natural resource management students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WCU are $4,367 a year. The average amount in student loans that resource management majors at WCU take out is $26,000.
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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resource management schools in North Carolina. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.
NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNCW are $7,238 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UNCW also did well on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.
Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 43 |
| Virginia | 147 |
| Florida | 143 |
| Tennessee | 56 |
| South Carolina | 13 |
| Louisiana | 40 |
| Arkansas | 9 |
| Alabama | 37 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
| West Virginia | 165 |
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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.
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 4 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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