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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental/natural resources management and policy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in California

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

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

#1

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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. University of California - Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Santa Cruz, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Cruz are $28,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.

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