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2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$28,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master's in California For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy is the 362nd most popular major in the country with 1,581 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 12 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 10 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental/natural resources management and policy programs and 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 resources management and policy 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in California (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Cruz. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Located in Santa Cruz, California, this fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s natural resources management and policy students in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Santa Cruz are $28,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of California - Santa Cruz Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report

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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%.

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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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