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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,540 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,771 Avg Salary

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

Natural Resources Conservation is the #41 most popular major in Minnesota with 506 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

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

Our analysis found Bemidji State University to be the best value school for natural resources conservation students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Minnesota. Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the town of Bemidji.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bemidji State University are $9,586 a year.

Full Natural Resources Conservation at Bemidji State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 per year.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.

Full Natural Resources Conservation at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

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
Kansas 123
Iowa 302
Nebraska 194
North Dakota 9
South Dakota 26

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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