2024 Best Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in New York

If you plan on getting your master's degree in natural resource management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #127 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of natural resource management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 master's degrees in natural resource management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Natural Resource Management School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of natural resource management for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality resource management program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to natural resource management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of natural resource management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt natural resource management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized natural resource management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for natural resource management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Natural Resource Management in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in natural resource management.

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Resource Management

1

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY

1 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry if you want to pursue a master's degree in natural resource management. ESF is a small public college located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.More information about a master’s in natural resource management from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

2

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

10 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Stony Brook University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in natural resource management. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in natural resource management from Stony Brook University

3

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
Paul Smiths, NY

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is a wonderful decision for students interested in a master's degree in natural resource management. Paul Smith's College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Paul Smiths.More information about a master’s in natural resource management from Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

4

SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY

4 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat SUNY Oneonta if you wish to pursue a master's degree in natural resource management. Located in the remote town of Oneonta, SUNY Oneonta is a public school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in natural resource management from SUNY Oneonta

Best Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Natural Resource Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	11
Maryland	193	16
New Jersey	188	0
District of Columbia	154	2
Delaware	109	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Resource Management

One of 5 majors within the Natural Resources & Conservation area of study, Natural Resource Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Resource Management Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management	14
Energy and Environmental Policy	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation	184
Forestry	13

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell. More about our data sources and methodologies.