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

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In 2019-2020, 2,905 people earned their degree in natural resource management, making the major the 176th most popular in the United States. 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 Colorado, there were 259 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,425 and $31,093 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 168 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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 for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 75 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Colorado State

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,600 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 93 students in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Denver

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (With Aid)

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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