2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 California, there were 120 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,275 and $16,458 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree resource management students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in California (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Santa Cruz, California, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Santa Cruz, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Santa Cruz are $28,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of California - Santa Cruz

#2

California State University - Monterey Bay

Seaside, California

$18,081 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Monterey Bay. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. California State University - Monterey Bay is located in Seaside, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

CSUMB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Monterey Bay are $18,081, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at CSUMB

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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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