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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$22,731 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,771 Avg Salary

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

With 1,033 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resources conservation is the #26 most popular major in North Carolina.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for conservation students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

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

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for natural resources conservation students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $11,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #4 for overall quality for conservation in North Carolina.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNC Chapel Hill is ranked #2 for overall quality for conservation in North Carolina.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Wilmington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources conservation schools in North Carolina. UNCW is a large public school located in the city of Wilmington.

UNCW graduate students pay an average of $7,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #1 for overall quality for conservation in North Carolina.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Duke University

Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 180
Virginia 519
Florida 917
Tennessee 129
Kentucky 92
South Carolina 140
Louisiana 105
Arkansas 90
Alabama 232
Mississippi 24
West Virginia 403

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 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 Lynn Betts.

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