2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

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Environmental/Natural Resource Economics is the 947th most popular major in the country with 146 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 18 environmental/natural resource economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 environmental/natural resource economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental/natural resource economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental/natural resource economics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental/natural resource economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #1 spot on the list. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154.

Full West Virginia University Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

#2

Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$23,398 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tuskegee University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Tuskegee is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tuskegee, Alabama. It awarded 2 masters’s natural resource economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Tuskegee also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tuskegee are $23,398, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Tuskegee University Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.

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