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2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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160 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,581 people earned their degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy, making the major the 362nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 194 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 160 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resources management and policy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental/natural resources management and policy 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 resources management and policy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #1 spot on the list. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UD is $14,622 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. ESF is a small school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 63 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $20,095 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend ESF.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#3

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Cobleskill is a public institution located in Cobleskill, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $18,784 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend SUNY Cobleskill.

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#4

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers University - New Brunswick is $20,935 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Paul Smith’s College is located in Paul Smiths, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to qualified students.

Paul Smith’s College also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Paul Smith’s College is $22,604 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#6

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, New York
#4 in overall quality

Marist College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Marist College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Poughkeepsie, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marist, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Marist is $33,088 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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