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

4 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Southwest region, there were 207 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,050 and $20,895 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas Tech University Natural Resource Management Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 12 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree resource management students with aid list, ASU - Skysong has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Arizona State University - Skysong

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas A&M College Station Natural Resource Management Report

#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NAU are $19,489, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northern Arizona University Natural Resource Management Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Edward’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. St. Edward’s University is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree resource management students with aid list, St. Edward’s University has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Edward’s University are $29,530.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at St. Edward’s University

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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.

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