2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 265 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,100 and $19,969 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$74,576 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at UMCP

#2

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#3 in overall quality

$24,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #2 spot on the list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

ESF also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESF are $24,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Natural Resource Management Report

#3

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York

#4 in overall quality

$25,583 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,432 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Stony Brook is a large school located in Stony Brook, New York that handed out 17 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full SUNY Stony Brook Natural Resource Management Report

#4

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

#5 in overall quality

$24,311 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Oneonta. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Oneonta, New York, and it awarded 5 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree resource management students list, SUNY Oneonta has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Oneonta are $24,311, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at SUNY Oneonta

#5

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#2 in overall quality

$35,192 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Delaware are $35,192.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Delaware

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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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