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2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in New Hampshire

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$28,175 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,468 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation School for You

With 633 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resources and conservation is the #16 most popular major in New Hampshire.

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.

The Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in New Hampshire ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in New Hampshire to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in New Hampshire

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for natural resources and conservation majors pursuing a .

Best New Hampshire Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources & Conservation

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the best value school in New Hampshire for natural resources and conservation students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SNHU are $15,380 a year. On average, natural resources and conservation graduates from SNHU take out $29,379 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$14,492 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Plymouth State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in New Hampshire list. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the remote town of Plymouth.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Plymouth State are $14,492 per year. On average, natural resources and conservation graduates from Plymouth State take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$18,962 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNH are $18,962 per year. While working on their degree, natural resources and conservation majors at UNH accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

#4

Keene State College

Keene, NH
$14,638 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Keene State College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in New Hampshire list. Keene State is a small public school located in the town of Keene.

Keene State undergraduate students pay an average of $14,638 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, natural resources and conservation graduates from Keene State take out $25,850 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#5

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH
$60,648 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Dartmouth College is a great value for natural resources and conservation students. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hanover.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dartmouth are $60,648 a year. After completing their degree, natural resources and conservation graduates from Dartmouth carry an average student debtload of $13,260.

Dartmouth did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in New Hampshire list.

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With a ranking of #6, Antioch University - New England did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resources and conservation students. Antioch University - New England is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Keene.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at Antioch University - New England Report

#7

Colby - Sawyer College

New London, NH
$44,930 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Colby - Sawyer College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resources and conservation students. Colby - Sawyer is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of New London.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colby - Sawyer are $44,930 per year.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Maine 409
Rhode Island 185
Massachusetts 1,116
Connecticut 388
Vermont 412

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 7 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.

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