2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
Across the Southeast region, there were 752 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,311 and $34,379 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 264 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree resource management students.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Southeast Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #1 spot on the list. American Military University is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
American Military University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at American Military University are $7,050, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 65 students in 2019-2020.
Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 8 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.
NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UNCW is a fairly large school located in Wilmington, North Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.
UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Wilmington are $21,286, 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 Florida International University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. FIU is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
FIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211.
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Nova Southeastern University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.
NUS Florida not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read full report on Natural Resource Management at NUS Florida
Tuskegee University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Tuskegee University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tuskegee, Alabama. It awarded 2 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.
Tuskegee also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tuskegee University are $23,398, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read more about Natural Resource Management at Tuskegee University
University of Miami ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 46 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Duke University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.
Duke also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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