2022 Best Value Colleges for Natural Resource Management in Wisconsin (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Wisconsin, there were 138 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,400 and $23,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resource management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resource management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Natural Resource Management in Wisconsin (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$14,465 Average Net Price

$35,288 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 107 diplomas to qualified ’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

UW - Stevens Point also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UW - Stevens Point is $14,465 for Wisconsin Resource Management students with aid.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

#2

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$17,708 Average Net Price

$49,230 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $17,708 for Wisconsin Resource Management students with aid per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at UW - Madison

#3

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#3 in overall quality

$17,876 Average Net Price

$38,817 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #3 spot on the list. UWM is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 19 ’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Schools in Wisconsin” list. It costs about $17,876 for Wisconsin Resource Management students with aid per year to attend UWM.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at UWM

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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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