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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$17,898 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,742 Avg Salary

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

Natural Resources & Conservation is the #21 most popular major in North Carolina with 1,277 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 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 North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in North Carolina 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in North Carolina for natural resources and conservation students working on their bachelor’s degree. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,131 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Carolina University is a great value for natural resources and conservation students working on their bachelor’s degree. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCU are $4,367 per year.

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

UNC Chapel Hill undergraduate students pay an average of $9,028 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #4 spot in our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNCW are $7,238 per year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources and conservation schools in North Carolina. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Appalachian State are $7,410 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Appalachian State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Appalachian State University

University of North Carolina at Asheville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNCA is a small public school located in the small city of Asheville.

UNCA undergraduate students pay an average of $7,319 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree natural resources and conservation programs. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.

Duke also made our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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#8

Warren Wilson College

Swannanoa, NC

With a ranking of #8, Warren Wilson College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resources and conservation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Swannanoa, Warren Wilson is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Warren Wilson are $38,450 per year.

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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
West Virginia 708
South Carolina 255
Florida 1,320
Virginia 853
Arkansas 161
Mississippi 190
Louisiana 191
Alabama 365
Kentucky 149
Georgia 378
Tennessee 320

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 8 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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