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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,119 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,625 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master'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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master'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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

Check out the natural resources and conservation master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master'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 master’s degree. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $11,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #4 for overall quality for natural resources and conservation in North Carolina.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at North Carolina State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a great value for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public college with a large student population.

UNCW graduate students pay an average of $7,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at University of North Carolina at Wilmington Report

#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #1 for overall quality for natural resources and conservation in North Carolina.

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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 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.

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