2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Natural Resources/Conservation, General is the 240th most popular major in the country with 2,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Alaska, there were 25 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources/conservation, general 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 resources/conservation, general program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UAF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General (Income $0-$30k)

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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