2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Natural Resource Management School for You
With 147 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resource management is the #115 most popular major in Virginia.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.
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.
Featured Resource Management Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
BS in Environmental Science - Natural Resources & Conservation
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.
Best Natural Resource Management School
Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the best value school in Virginia for natural resource management students. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Virginia Tech are $14,174 a year.
Virginia Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in Virginia rankings.
Request InformationBest Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 43 |
North Carolina | 71 |
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.
Most Popular Majors Related to Resource Management
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 values are for the top school 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.