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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 170 people earned their degree in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism, making the major the 865th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 12 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 12 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 12 masters’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Arizona State University - Skysong

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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.

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

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