2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate
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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.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in natural resource management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resource management programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree resource management students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 2 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree resource management students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s resource management degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. West Virginia University is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate list. ESF is a public institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
ESF also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ESF are $24,990.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate list. UWM is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 2 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UWM, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Natural Resource Management Report
With a ranking of #7, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s resource management degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree resource management students list, Michigan State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Michigan State University
University of Maine came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate ranking. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 1 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.
UMaine also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate ranking. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Connecticut came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate ranking. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Full University of Connecticut Natural Resource Management Report
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Doctorate list. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
U-M also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.
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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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