2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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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 Southwest region, there were 145 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 30 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree natural resources management and policy students.

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

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$19,489 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #1 spot on the list. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees to qualified students.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NAU are $19,489.

Full NAU Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy

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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