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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$54,659 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,742 Avg Salary

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

Natural Resources & Conservation is the #28 most popular major in District of Columbia with 118 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. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for natural resources and 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.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Natural Resources & Conservation

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named American University the best value school in District of Columbia for natural resources and conservation students working on their bachelor’s degree. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The American University undergraduate students pay an average of $51,334 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great value for natural resources and conservation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

GWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 370
Pennsylvania 979
New York 1,628
Maryland 471
Delaware 130

Natural Resources & Conservation Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 22,254
Natural Resource Management 2,933
Wildlife Management 2,449
Forestry 2,233
Fisheries Sciences 483
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 151

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

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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