2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Kansas
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation School for You
With 123 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resources conservation is the #71 most popular major in Kansas.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.
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 Schools in Kansas ranking.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Natural Resources Conservation School
Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the best value school in Kansas for natural resources conservation students. KU is a very large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at KU are $11,166 a year. The average amount in student loans that conservation majors at KU take out is $22,500.
KU also made our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Kansas list, coming in at #5.
Request InformationBest Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the Plains States Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 167 |
| Minnesota | 506 |
| Iowa | 302 |
| Nebraska | 194 |
| North Dakota | 9 |
| South Dakota | 26 |
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Natural Resources Conservation Related Majors for Conservation
One of 5 majors within the area of study, natural resources conservation has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Conservation
| 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.
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