2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Great Lakes region, there were 428 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,175 and $21,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 66 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resource management programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree resource management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Hocking College

Nelsonville, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$11,116 Average Net Price

$23,134 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hocking College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Nelsonville, Ohio, this small public school handed out 57 diplomas to qualified associates’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

Hocking Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hocking Technical College is $11,116 for great lakes region associate degree resource management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Hocking Technical College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k)

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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