2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 162 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,150 and $21,833 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree resource management students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Plains States Region

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,269 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Dakota State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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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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