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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,014 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,771 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 227 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resources conservation students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #12 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for conservation majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Natural Resources Conservation

#1

Unity College

Unity, ME

Our 2023 rankings named Unity College the best value school in Maine for natural resources conservation students working on their master’s degree. Unity is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Unity.

Unity graduate students pay an average of $9,750 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Unity not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Unity College

#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Out of the 2 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMaine are $10,014 a year.

Full Natural Resources Conservation at University of Maine Report

Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,098
Connecticut 362
New Hampshire 571
Rhode Island 88
Vermont 387

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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