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

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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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

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

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

#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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Colorado 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.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

Full Colorado State Natural Resource Management Report

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,600 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 93 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at University of Denver

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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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