2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Colorado, there were 54 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 50 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The natural resource recreation and tourism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in Colorado 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 Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k list. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 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 Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Report

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

Credits

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

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