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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

57 Colleges
$24,595 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,413 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 22,254 people earned a degree or certificate in natural resources conservation, making the major the #49 most popular in the United States.

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 Resources Conservation Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 57 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for conservation 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.

2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the conservation doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in the United States for natural resources conservation students working on their doctor’s degree. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

South Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $16,917 in tuition and fees each year.

South Dakota State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources conservation schools in the United States. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UD are $18,128 a year.

UD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources conservation schools in the United States. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas A&M College Station also is in the top 15% of our Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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University of California - Berkeley came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.

UC Berkeley also claimed a spot on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.

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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree natural resources conservation programs. ESF is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ESF are $24,950 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resources conservation students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $24,005 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resources conservation students working on their doctor’s degree. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Natural Resources Conservation by Region

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Middle Atlantic
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Natural Resources Conservation is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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 Lynn Betts.

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