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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
76 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Natural Resource Management is the 176th most popular major in the country with 2,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,179 and had an average of $26,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 162 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,150 and $21,833 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in natural resource management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resource management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $0-$30k list, WUSTL has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WUSTL is $5,273 for plains states region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,524 for plains states region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend North Dakota State University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 5 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,216 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNL.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 19 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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