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2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Nevada

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$8,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,213 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation School for You

With 107 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resources and conservation is the #26 most popular major in Nevada.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 Nevada 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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges.

Best Natural Resources & Conservation School

$8,737 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Reno the best value school in Nevada for natural resources and conservation students. UNR is a very large public school located in the large city of Reno.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNR are $8,737 per year. After completing their degree, natural resources and conservation graduates from UNR carry an average student debtload of $17,325.

UNR not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Nevada list.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Nevada - Reno

Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,928
Washington 835
Oregon 1,001
Hawaii 129
Alaska 68

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

Majors Similar to Natural Resources & Conservation

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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