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

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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 North Carolina, there were 60 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,300 and $40,730 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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

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

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 8 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full North Carolina State University Natural Resource Management Report

#2

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$54,322 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Duke Natural Resource Management Report

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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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