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2024 Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire

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571 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Natural Resources Conservation is the 49th most popular major in the country with 22,254 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,963 and had an average of $23,098 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 571 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,690 and $24,498 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources conservation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in New Hampshire

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 81 ’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

UNH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $24,160 for New Hampshire Conservation students per year to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire. SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 303 ’s conservation degrees to qualified students.

SNHU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in New Hampshire” list. It costs about $42,645 for New Hampshire Conservation students per year to attend SNHU.

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Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Plymouth State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Plymouth State University is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 ’s conservation degrees to qualified students.

Plymouth State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Plymouth State University is $20,370 for New Hampshire Conservation students.

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Keene State College
Keene, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keene State College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire. Keene State is a small public school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 22 ’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Keene State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in New Hampshire” list. The yearly cost to attend Keene State is $19,794 for new hampshire conservation students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Keene State College

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Antioch University - New England
Keene, New Hampshire

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Antioch University - New England landed the #5 spot on the list. Antioch University - New England is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 66 ’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Antioch University - New England also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #4.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Antioch University - New England

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Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire

Dartmouth College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Conservation Schools in New Hampshire ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Hanover, New Hampshire, and it awarded 40 ’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Dartmouth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in New Hampshire” list. It costs about $32,410 for new hampshire conservation students per year to attend Dartmouth College.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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