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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Nebraska

2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,590 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation School for You

In 2020-2021, 196 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resources and conservation students who went to a Nebraska college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Best Natural Resources & Conservation School

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, NE
138 Degrees
#2 in Quality in Nebraska
$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Nebraska - Lincoln to be the best value school for natural resources and conservation students who want to pursue a degree in Nebraska. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNL are $9,590 per year. The average amount in student loans that natural resources and conservation majors at UNL take out is $24,000. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $271, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNL is ranked #2 for overall quality for natural resources and conservation in Nebraska.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 145
Minnesota 626
Iowa 354
South Dakota 83
Missouri 257
North Dakota 66

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 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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