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2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,538 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,191 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value programs for natural resources and conservation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Kentucky

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

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources & Conservation

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY
$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best value school in Kentucky for natural resources and conservation students. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UK are $12,610 a year. After completing their degree, natural resources and conservation graduates from UK carry an average student debtload of $26,030.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Kentucky Report

$9,252 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Murray State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resources and conservation schools in Kentucky. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Murray State are $9,252 a year. On average, natural resources and conservation graduates from Murray State take out $22,109 in student loans while working on their degree.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at Murray State University Report

$9,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Eastern is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern are $9,752 per year.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Eastern Kentucky University

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
North Carolina 1,277
West Virginia 708
Florida 1,320
Virginia 853
Arkansas 161
Mississippi 190
South Carolina 255
Louisiana 191
Alabama 365
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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