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2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

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

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” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy. 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.

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 Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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.

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

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. ESF is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 63 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students list, ESF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $19,737 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students per year to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Full ESF Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report

#2

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Cobleskill is a small school located in Cobleskill, New York that handed out 6 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $16,647 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students per year to attend SUNY Cobleskill.

Full SUNY Cobleskill Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Rutgers New Brunswick is $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Rutgers New Brunswick Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report

#4

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 3 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #2 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 University of Delaware is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Full University of Delaware Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report

#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. Paul Smith’s College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Paul Smiths, New York. It awarded 30 bachelors’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Paul Smith’s College also took the #6 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 Paul Smith’s College is $23,784 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy students.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Paul Smith’s College

#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 list. Located in Poughkeepsie, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources management and policy students in 2019-2020.

Marist also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Marist College is $37,195 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural resources management and policy students.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Marist College 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%.

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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