2022 Best Vallue Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

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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 Great Lakes region, there were 205 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental/natural resources management and policy 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 resources management and policy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree natural resources management and policy students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

$19,178 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public school situated in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It awarded 3 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Stevens Point also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Stevens Point are $19,178, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 6 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Michigan State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income Over $110k)

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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