2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in New York

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking.

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 New York, there were 175 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,450 and $18,917 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The resource management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in New York”.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree resource management students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in New York

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York

#1 in overall quality

$25,583 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,432 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Stony Brook, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stony Brook University are $25,583.

Full Stony Brook University Natural Resource Management Report

#2

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

#2 in overall quality

$24,311 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Oneonta. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in New York list. This medium-sized school is located in Oneonta, New York, and it awarded 5 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oneonta did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Oneonta are $24,311, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at SUNY Oneonta

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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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