2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor's Degree School for You
Natural Resources & Conservation is the #28 most popular major in Kentucky with 149 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Kentucky to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for natural resources and 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. 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 Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Natural Resources & Conservation
Our analysis found University of Kentucky to be the best value school for natural resources and conservation students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UK are $12,610 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UK is ranked #4 for overall quality for natural resources and conservation in Kentucky.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Murray State University is a great value for natural resources and conservation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Murray State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,252 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern Kentucky University is a great value for natural resources and conservation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Eastern is a large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern are $9,752 per year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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North Carolina | 1,277 |
West Virginia | 708 |
Mississippi | 190 |
South Carolina | 255 |
Florida | 1,320 |
Virginia | 853 |
Arkansas | 161 |
Alabama | 365 |
Georgia | 378 |
Tennessee | 320 |
Louisiana | 191 |
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Majors Related to Natural Resources & Conservation
Natural Resources & Conservation Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 3 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.