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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this small public school awarded 63 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ESF, the school also landed the #1 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 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is $19,737 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students with aid per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#3

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 University of Delaware is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at University of Delaware

#4

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. SUNY Cobleskill is a small public school situated in Cobleskill, New York. It awarded 6 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Cobleskill is $16,647 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students with aid.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at SUNY Cobleskill

#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 Getting Aid. This small school is located in Paul Smiths, New York, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Paul Smith’s College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Paul Smith’s College is $23,784 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students with aid.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

#6

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, New York
#4 in overall quality

Marist College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Marist College is a medium-sized school located in Poughkeepsie, New York that handed out 10 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students with aid list, Marist has also earned the #4 rank 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 $37,195 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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

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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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