2022 Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism is the 865th most popular major in the country with 170 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 73 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism programs, but they also 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 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 50 masters’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #2 spot on the list. UM is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 1 masters’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2019-2020.

UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism (Income $0-$30k)

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.

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