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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,299 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,212 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor's Degree School for You

Natural Resources Conservation is the #87 most popular major in South Dakota with 26 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Resources Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in South Dakota for natural resources conservation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Dakota State are $9,299 a year.

South Dakota State also made our Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 167
Minnesota 506
Kansas 123
Iowa 302
Nebraska 194
North Dakota 9

One of 5 majors within the area of study, natural resources conservation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resource Management 2,933
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 Lynn Betts.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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