2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism

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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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism 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 recreation and tourism 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 Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 12 masters’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 50 masters’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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